¿Qué fue de los mercados financieros eficientes? La economía, los economistas y el origen de la crisis

  1. Lobejón Herrero, Luis Fernando
Journal:
Revista de economía crítica

ISSN: 1696-0866 2013-5254

Year of publication: 2011

Issue Title: Semimonográfico : Dimensión financiera de la crisis

Issue: 11

Pages: 45-64

Type: Article

More publications in: Revista de economía crítica

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between the economists, the economic thought and the current crisis. The first part of the paper investigates the responsibility of the methods and the hypothesis used in mainstream Economics. The study tries to show that profession�s insistence on contrasting formalistic models disregards the key elements driving real markets, including sometimes financial activity. The second part analyses the special influence of modern financial theory on deregulation and financial innovation. This influence has been crucial to those processes, which culminate in the current economic turmoil.