Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction: a new approach to macroeconomics -- The methods: jump Markov process and random partitions -- Equilibrium as distribution: the role of demand in macroeconomics -- Uncertainty trap: policy ineffectiveness and long stagnation of the macroeconomy -- Slow dynamics of macro system: no mystery of inflexible prices -- Business cycles: an endogenous stochastic approach -- Labor market: a new look at the natural unemployment and Okun's law -- Demand saturation-creation and economic growth -- The types of investors and volatility in financial markets: analyzing clusters of heterogeneous agents -- Stock proces and the real economy: power-law versus exponential distributions.
Summary
The authors reconceptualize existing macroeconomics by treating equilibria as statistical distributions, not as fixed points.
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