The methodology of Imre Lakatos and the Keynesian Research Program
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The objective of this article is to carry out an application of the methodology of the Lakatos Scientific Research Programs to the Keynesian research program. The article begins with a brief discussion of the main authors of the philosophy of science and then exposes the methodological falsificationism of Lakatos. Classical theory was in economic science until the 1930s, when Keynes emerged modifying what was even called political economy. Keynes led to an economic theory, almost a revolution in theory, completely abandoning classical theory and a new field of knowledge, abandoning macroeconomics. This set of economic theories and concepts and their application in an economic economy constituted a new research program, which can be considered theoretically and empirically progressive.
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