Biographical note: GoyalSanjeev: Sanjeev Goyal is professor of economics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of … Economic Theory". … economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since …

Purpose This paper aims to argue that Economics is not a neutral science. Design/methodology/approach Post … in mainstream Economics. Findings Economists use illocutionary acts expressed in formal language to achieve … perlocutionary effects. Because of the importance attached to objectivity in mainstream Economics, the use of artificial languages is …