Pluralism in economics: Inquiries into a Daedalean concept

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The state of contemporary economics had been a subject of discussion even before the most recent global financial crisis. The one-sidedness of the discipline has frequently been lamented and calls are often made for its pluralisation. Nevertheless, there is neither a consensus over the form of pluralism that is required (whether this is a theory, method, or paradigm pluralism, for example), nor agreement among economists over the underlying diagnosis of a lack of pluralism. Even the justification for this pluralistic norm - i.e. whether it should be seen in terms of an ethics of fairness and tolerance or as the imperative of academic freedom - remains disputed and is often unclear. The present paper aims to shed some light on these ambiguities.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZÖSS Discussion Paper ; No. 51

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Methodology: General ; Economic Methodology ; Current Heterodox Approaches: General
• Subject: pluralism ; philosophy of science ; heterodoxy ; orthodoxy ; mainstream

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Heise, Arne
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Hamburg, Zentrum für Ökonomische und Soziologische Studien (ZÖSS)
• (where): Hamburg
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/141825
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