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The Nature of Heterodox Economics
This is the last of 10 papers in this journal’s Symposium on Reorienting Economics, which has taken Tony Lawson’s book Reorienting Economics as its focal point. These papers together with Lawson’s replies to each (heretofore unpublished) will be published late in 2007 by the University of Michigan Press under the title Tony Lawson and His Critics. The contents of this collection can be viewed a...
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Several observers have noted signs of a growing plurality in mainstream economics. At the same time there has been a growing emphasis in heterodox economics on commonality. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of plurality in economics in order to make sense of these characterisations, and to consider the issues raised by this plurality. The critical factor is to distinguish betwe...
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Macroeconomics is in crisis and this creates openings for alternative perspectives. The dominant heterodox traditions, however, have shortcomings that need to be addressed, both to improve our understanding of the real world and to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the irrelevance of most mainstream macro. This paper discusses three examples of areas that need attention: (i) invest...
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This paper examines the possibility of understanding and measuring well-being as a result of “progress” on the basis of today’s dominant epistemological framework. Market criteria distort social values by allowing purchasing power to define priorities, likening luxury goods to basic needs; in the process they reinforce patterns of discrimination against disadvantaged social groups and women, in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geographical Analysis
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0016-7363
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1972.tb00469.x