, as a programme for how economics should best be done. This paper evaluates strategic pluralism, compares it with the …Pluralism is frequently supported by heterodox economists, but their rationale for it is not always transparent. It …

. 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, the definition and project of heterodox economics, its relationship to the changing form of mainstream, and the merit … judge heterodox economics, and the relationship of ideology and economic theory, are also raised by these criticisms as well …The renowned institutionalist Geoffrey Hodgson has claimed inter alia that heterodox economics has failed to define its …

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 …

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 …