Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 2012
208 pages
978-1-136-32863-3 (ISBN)
Description
Is Economics an 'objective' or 'positive' science, independent of ethical and political positions? The financial crisis that began in 2007 gave rise to renewed doubts regarding the 'objectivity' of economics and brought into the public arena a debate that was previously confined to academia. A remarkable feature of the public debate on the value neutrality of economics since then was that it not only involved indictments of ideological biases in economic theory, but also the attribution of the crisis itself to the unethical orientation of economic agents, of economists acting as experts and of 'economic science' itself. The contributors to this volume believe that economists of all persuasions are once again compelled to probe the normative foundations of their discipline and give a public account of their doubts and conclusions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Reflowable
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1,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-32863-3 (9781136328633)
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Persons
Jose Castro Caldas is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra University, Portugal (CES). He was previously assistant professor at the Economics Department of ISCTE, Lisbon and researcher at DINAMIA.
Vitor Neves is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Portugal, and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES). He is also member of the Stirling Centre for Economic Methodology (UK).
Vitor Neves is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Portugal, and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES). He is also member of the Stirling Centre for Economic Methodology (UK).
Content
1. Introduction: The Issues at Stake Jose Castro Caldas and Vitor Neves 2. Economics and Moral Sentiments: The Case of Moral Hazard Sheila Dow 3. The Conflicting Languages of Economics and Human Rights Manuel Couret Branco 4. The Meaning of Objectivity: What Can We Learn from Robbins and Myrdal? Jose Castro Caldas and Vitor Neves 5. Values, Objectivity and Moral Realism Nuno Ornelas Martins 6. The Facts and Values of Experimental Economics Ana C. Santos 7. The Contribution of the Sociology of Quantification to a Discussion of Objectivity in Economics Laura Centemeri 8. Embodied Expectations: The Somatic Subject and the Changing Political Economy of Life and Health Joao Arriscado Nunes 9. Deep Contextualism and Radical Criticism: The Argument for a Division of Labour in a Contemporary Political Theory Mathias Thaler 10. Practical Reasoning in Economic Affairs: The Human Development Index as a Case Study Ricardo Crespo
