Why macroeconomic orthodoxy changes so quickly : the sociology of scientific knowledge and the Phillips Curve

Macroeconomics move fast. This thesis adopts a Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK) perspective to explain why. In only twenty five years three different orthodox positions on the relationship between unemployment and inflation, known as the Phillips Curve, cam to dominate the profession, only to...

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Main Author: Stephens, Neil
Published: Cardiff University 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.583578