Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110921 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2015-36
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
In spite of superficial similarities, the way in which uncertainty is understood as a feature of the crisis by mainstream economics is very different from Keynesian fundamental uncertainty. The difference stems from the mainstream habit of thinking in terms of a full-information benchmark, where uncertainty arises from ignorance. By treating uncertain knowledge as the norm, Keynesian uncertainty theory allows analysis of differing degrees of uncertainty and the cognitive role of institutions and conventions. The paper offers a simple diagrammatic representation of these differences, and uses this framework to depict different understandings of the crisis, its aftermath and the appropriate policy response.
Subjects: 
uncertainty
risk
ambiguity
Keynes
JEL: 
B41
B5
E00
G01
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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