Economics as a discipline is currently in disarray. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, academic experts …, students, commentators, practitioners and politicians all questioned the status of academic economics and many called for a … teaching. Furthermore, economic policy based on mainstream economics is still prevalent. It is therefore necessary to consider …

. Nevertheless, there is neither a consensus over the form of pluralism that is required (whether this is a theory, method, or …The state of contemporary economics had been a subject of discussion even before the most recent global financial … paradigm pluralism, for example), nor agreement among economists over the underlying diagnosis of a lack of pluralism. Even the …

Pluralism in economics appears to be a double-edged sword: we need more than one theory to grasp and explain the entire … 'objective knowledge' in the singular of the 'one world one truth' conception. Therefore, pluralism is often equated with … relativism and obscurantism. In this article, I will explore both the demand for pluralism and the fear of relativism and …

After the global financial crisis, hopes were high that there would be a pluralisation of the economics discipline and … a boost for heterodox economics that challenged dominant economic models. However, mainstream economics once again …’s new book on this issue has sparked fresh discussions about the stunted development of heterodox economics and proposals …

As a social science, economics studies social interactions. What distinguishes it from other social science disciplines … knowledge’. Some regard this methodological foundation of positivist fallibilism as the feature that makes economics the 'queen … science. Interestingly, both critiques and defences of economics often make reference to ideology: defenders claim that …

This article discusses the development of 'heterodox' economics at universities in Germany since the 1970s. Based on … Lakatos' concept of scientific research programmes (SRP), the article introduces a classification of economics in order to … clarify the understanding of variety within economics, especially in the case of Germany. Based on this classification and …

In the context of ongoing criticisms of the lack of pluralism in economics, the present article aims to discuss the … development of 'heterodox' economics since the 1970s. Following Lakatos's concept of scientific research programs (srp), and … concentrating on the situation in Germany, the article will discuss classifications of economics, and will specify the understanding …

Ökonomik in der Bundesrepublik. -- Pluralismus ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Monopol ; Heterodoxe Ökonomik …

the allocational approach of modern labour market economics, it has been suggested that the impact is clearly negative on …