The handcraft market represents the social division of work because it is referred to the exchange between separated producers; unlike pure exchange and capitalist economies, the handcraft economy integrates production but gets rid off the technical division of work. This paper displays both...

The hard core of neoclassical economics (general equilibrium, rational expectations macroeconomics, and endogenous growth models) is essentially mistaken because it adopts a hypothetical-deductive method that is suitable for the methodological sciences, whereas a substantive social science...

Two decades elapsed since economics had to replace Marxist political economy and be taught from scratch. This paper gives an account of the consequences and implications of this process in career advancement, research output, and teaching experiences for the economics community in Romania. Our...

Mainstream macroeconomics has pursued 'micro founded' models based on the explicit optimization by representative agents. The result has been a long and wasteful detour. But elements of the Lucas critique are relevant, also for heterodox economists. Challenging common heterodox views on...