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Objective: The objective of the article is to refer to the thesis about the need to modify the main paradigm of economic sciences - by which we mean mainstream economics - with all its consequences that influence the whole economic sciences. We posit the need for the modification of how economic...
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Recently, some theological ethicists have criticized modern economics for offering a rival theology that undermines an appreciation for creation and God’s gifts. In their view, through the logic of opportunity cost, economics substitutes a tragic world of scarcity for God’s abundance....
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The aim of this article is to discuss why we should synthesize feminist and post-Keynesian/Kaleckian economics. We answer three related questions. Why does post-Keynesian economics need feminist economics? Why does feminist economics need post-Keynesian macroeconomics? Finally, what is the...
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For the Austrian School, the problem of efficient allocation of scarce resources is not computational in nature (ability to collect and process data) but economic-entrepreneurial (human assessment and decision around new ends and means of productive activity), and that can only be resolved...
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Professor Axel Leijonhufvud passed away few months ago, at the age of 89. Despite the fact that the contribution he made to economics has been widely recognized, his approach remains 'problematic' because of his dialogue and proximity with different streams of thought, and in particular with the...
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Purpose - In the early 1930s, Nicholas Kaldor could be classified as an Austrian economist. The author reconstructs the intertwined paths of Kaldor and Friedrich A. Hayek to disequilibrium economics through the theoretical deficiencies exposed by the Austrian theory of capital and its...
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John Quiggin is an Australian economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He has also held academic positions at the Australian National University and James Cook University. Best known for his work on utility theory, Quiggin is among the top 500 economists in the world according to...
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Leszek Jasiński [2019] attempts, as the title indicates, "a reading after half a century" of Michał Kalecki's thought. We dispute the main claim in the book, i.e. that Kalecki has a firm place in contemporary mainstream economics and was the originator of many ideas generally accepted today....
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