McCombie, John S.L.; Negru, Ioana - In: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: … 11 (2014) 1, pp. 53-66
This paper considers from a methodological point of view why disputes in macroeconomics over its fundamental assumptions regularly occur. It analyses the problem first using Kuhn's concept of the paradigm and then draws on McCloskey's use of rhetorical analysis. It finds the latter of limited...