This paper is an introduction to an edited volume entitled, 'Transforming Economics: Perspectives on the Critical Realist Project.' It outlines the project of critical realism in economics, describing how the latter's emphasis on social ontology shapes its approach to economic methodology and...

Robbins's Essay was significant in many ways, but especially in giving economics a definition that came to dominate the professional literature. Our goal in the present paper is to trace the reception of Robbins's definition of economics as, to use a useful abbreviation, the science of scarcity....

An extensive literature in education shows little relationship between teaching and research. Authors advance the notion that research enhances teaching, but typically ignore the prospect of teaching enhancing research. We report the results of a survey of active researchers in economics who...

The analysis of monthly exchange rates is carried out using a model of McCallum [14], which is based on the concept of Rational Expectations. Applying the model to the CHF-USD exchange rate, st, starting a misspecification analysis, the RE component appears to be a weak point of the model. The...

The Indian economy is an economy which was traditionally based on cash transactions. However, after the midnight of November 8, 2016, India moved towards cashless transactions. The present study deals with Indian consumer’s perception towards mobile wallet app Paytm. For this common people...

As demonetization in India brought a sudden stir in the country, a need for online banking and mobile banking has risen drastically. This need directed the Indians to start looking towards digital money. The Government of India introduced the BHIM app, a mobile banking app which allows users to...

This paper is a review essay of Jayme Lemke and Vlad’s Tarko’s excellent edited volume, 'Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences'. It summarises the contents of the volume and uses them as the basis for reflections on various...

An increasing number of researchers, whether in Sweden, Slovakia, Italy, Japan, Brazil, or many other places, are using English in their discourse, written or oral, despite working in a place where the native language is not English. To convey insights and research results to the general public...

Increasing access to alternative or “big data” sources has given rise to an explosion in the use of these data in economics-based research. However, in our enthusiasm to use the newest and greatest data, we as researchers may jump to use big data sources before thoroughly considering the...

George Soros is one of the best traders of all time. That is the general consensus. While Soros gladly accepts that compliment he frequently also expressed his frustration that he failed as a philosopher. Specifically, he admits that he was unable to formulate his philosophy of reflexivity from...