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If there’s one method economists have neglected the most, it’s qualitative research. Whereas economists favour mathematical models and statistics, qualitative research seeks to understand the world through intensive investigation of particular circumstances, which usually entails interviewing people directly about their experiences. While this may sound simple to quantitative types the style, purpose, context, and interpretation of an interview can vary widely. Because of this variety, I have written a longer post than usual on this topic rather than doing it a disservice. Having said that, examples of qualitative research in economics are sadly scant enough that it doesn’t warrant multiple posts. In this post I will introduce qualitative research in general with nods to several applications including the study of firm behaviour, race, Austrian economics, and health economics. More than usual I will utilise block quotes, which I feel is in the spirit of the topic.
2020
Level: leicht
Qualitative Methods in Economics: "You Can Observe a Lot Just by Watching"
This paper starts with an evaluation of three common arguments against pluralism in economics: (1) the claim that economics is already pluralist, (2) the argument that if there was the need for greater plurality, it would emerge on its own, and (3) the assertion that pluralism means ‘anything goes’ and is thus unscientific. Pluralist responses to all three arguments are summarized. The third argument is identified to relate to a greater challenge for pluralism: an epistemological trade-off between diversity and consensus that suggests moving from a discussion about ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ towards a discussion about the adequate degree of plurality. We instantiate the trade-off by showing how it originates from two main challenges: the need to derive adequate quality criteria for a pluralist economics, and the necessity to propose strategies that ensure the communication across different research programs. The paper concludes with some strategies to meet these challenges.
2017
Level: leicht
Pluralism in economics: its critiques and their lessons
Die Sorge- und Versorgungswirtschaft der größte Sektor der Volkswirtschaft – und bleibt in den wirtschaftspolitischen Debatten dennoch meist unsichtbar. Dabei wäre eine stärkere Anerkennung zentral für eine zukunftsgerichtete Wirtschaftspolitik.
2021
Level: leicht
Ein feministischer Blick auf eine zukunftsfähige Versorgungsökonomie
Participants should be able to distinguish the strictly non-cooperative (methodological individualist) foundations of traditional neoclassical economics as being couched in self-interested individuals, as well as having basic knowledge of an alternative set of theories based on the primacy cooperation and social norms and extending the breadth of economic analysis beyond exchange.
2021
Level: leicht
Cooperative Economics
The goal of the course is to deepen students’ understanding of the Latin American development experience by viewing it through a gender lens.
2014
Level: mittel
Gender in Latin American Development
Der bisherige Einsatz von Fiskalpolitik, Geldpolitik und Handelspolitik hat zu vielschichtigen Problemen geführt. Um diese zu lösen, müssen wir unsere wirtschaftspolitischen Instrumente anders nutzten. Ein Beitrag von Dirk Ehnts.
2023
Level: leicht
Wie steuern wir unsere Wirtschaft?
Die derzeit geltenden rechtlichen Begrenzungen von Staatsverschuldung basieren auf Mythen, die nicht ökonomisch fundiert sind. Sinnvoller wäre es, die Schuldenaufnahme so zu gestalten, dass sie die ökonomischen, sozialen und ökologischen Grenzen respektiert. Ein Beitrag von Carolina Ortega Guttack, Carl Mühlbach und Tung Doan.
2023
Level: leicht
Was sind die Grenzen von Staatsschulden?
Will man umsichtige Daseinsvorsorge betreiben und die Bereitstellung von lebensnotwendigen Gütern und Dienstleistungen erreichen, ist ökonomische Effizienz schlichtweg der falsche Weg. Dabei begegnet uns dieser Widerspruch von Vorsorge und Effizienz im Gesundheitssektor nicht nur in der jüngsten Versorgungskrise mit Medikamenten, sondern dieser Gegensatz zeigte sich nicht zuletzt auch während der Pandemie auf dramatische Weise. Ein Beitrag von Manuel Schulz.
2023
Level: mittel
Vorsorge oder Effizienz
Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Feminist Economics make a conjoint statement: The way we see the economic system has nothing to do with human beings nor those who have been surviving outside the market.
2015
Level: leicht
Decolonial Feminist Economics: A Necessary View for Strengthening Social and Popular Economy
This content submission has two parts: (1) a link to the post by Wolf Richter on deterioration of US subprime credit card debt and loans, driven in part by the overuse of hedonic quality adjustments in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) used by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and (2) to introduce Exploring Economics to the website Naked Capitalism, which is an effort to promote critical thinking through the medium of a finance and economics blog and fearless commentary.
2019
Level: schwer
What’s Behind the Subprime Consumer Loan Implosion?
Inequality is an issue we all face every day, from income disparities to gender discrimination. In this first lecture in the Institute for New Economic Think...
2020
Level: leicht
Inequality 101 with Branko Milanovic & Arjun Jayadev
An increasing number of older women are facing uncertain economic futures. The Women in Economics Network (WEN) in Australia hosted a webinar to explore the emerging situation and public policy responses that can reduce the number of older women at risk of experiencing poverty and homelessness.
2021
Level: leicht
Women's economic wellbeing in older age
This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes.
2015
Level: leicht
Gender relations and Economics
This course is an introduction to Development Economics and is concerned with how economists have sought to explain how the process of economic growth occurs, and how – or whether – that delivers improved well-being of people.
2015
Level: mittel
Development Economics
Die Ausgabe der Zeitschrift Luxemburg beschäftigt sich mit der neuen (alten) Debatte um demokratische Wirtschaftsplanung. Angesichts der sich abzeichnenden Herausforderungen, insbesondere der Klimakrise, wird in progressiven Kreisen verstärkt über die Notwendigkeit und Machbarkeit von Planungsmodellen nachgedacht.
2024
Level: leicht
Zukunft mit Plan
This syllabus provides an overview of the content of the Philosophy of Economics course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2015
Level: leicht
Philosophy of Economics
Anders als der Mainstream der Ökonomie nimmt die Feministische Ökonomik das Ganze des Wirtschaftens in den Blick: die ein Drittel der bezahlten und die zwei Drittel der unbezahlten Arbeiten, die das Fundament unserer Wirtschaft bilden.
2024
Level: leicht
Feministische Ökonomie und Bildung
This course provides a simple introduction to problems that social scientists are working on (e.g. racial disparities, inequality and climate change) in a manner that does not require any prior background in Economics or Statistics.
Level: leicht
Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems
As the current economic crisis spreads around the globe questions are being asked about what king of capitalist or post-capitalist economy will follow. There is increasing talk of the need for stringent economic regulation, the need to temper greed and individualism, to make the economy work for human and social development.
2009
Level: mittel
The Social Economy
Feministische Ökonomie gibt einen grundlegenden Einblick in feministische Kritiken an ökonomischen Theorien sowie in die wichtigsten Ansätze feministischer Theoriebildung. Es stellt ihre Entstehung und ihre Kern­themen dar.
2016
Level: leicht
Feministische Ökonomie
hether it's working for free in exchange for 'experience', enduring poor treatment in the name of being 'part of the family', or clocking serious overtime for a good cause, more and more of us are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do work we enjoy. Work Won't Love You Back examines how we all bought into this 'labour of love' myth: the idea that certain work is not really work, and should be done for the sake of passion rather than pay.
2021
Level: leicht
Work Won't Love You Back
The Privatized State shows how privatization undermines the very reason political institutions exist in the first place, and advocates for a new way of administering public affairs that is more democratic and just.
2020
Level: leicht
The Privatized State
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People s Economy The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades delivers a radically different bold new understanding for how to build a just and prosperous society Stephanie …
2020
Level: leicht
The Deficit Myth
The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding.
2022
Level: leicht
A Brief History of Equality
The book is a collection of 51 texts by different scholars and activists, who each adds a dimension/perspective to the topics of degrowth and societal transformation. A societal transformation towards a degrowth society is dependent on a lot of ideas coming together and creating change from various starting points within a society. Therefore, the authors are quite diverse and their contributions vary from being philosophical, natural science based, economic, sociological and so forth. Some are specfiically focused on a concept and others are a more broad critique of e.g., capitalism or growth.
2015
Level: mittel
Degrowth

Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community, and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior, or morality.

2013
Level: mittel
From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities
In diesem Text aus der Reihe "Exploring Economics - Foundations" werden die Grundlagen der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie als interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Strömung dargestellt.
2020
Level: mittel
Internationale Politische Ökonomie
The objective of the course is to explore the main strengths and weaknesses of orthodox and heterodox paradigms within development economics.
2019
Level: leicht
Issues in Development Economics
In this overview paper, Laura Porak reviews the history of industrial policy in the European Union before the background of a Cultural Political Economy approach.
2023
Level: leicht
History of Industrial Policy in the EU
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the deep structural rifts in modern capitalist economies. It has exposed and exacerbated the long-lasting systemic inequalities in income, wealth, healthcare, housing, and other aspects of economic success across a variety of dimensions including class, gender, race, regions, and nations. This workshop explores the causes of economic inequality in contemporary capitalist economies and its consequences for the economy and society in the post-pandemic reality, as well as what steps can be taken to alleviate economic inequality in the future. Drawing from a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary insights, the workshop encourages you to reflect on your personal experiences of inequality and aims to challenge the way in which the issue is typically approached in economics.
2022
Level: leicht
Inequality in the Post-pandemic Era
This introductory text explores the political economy of water by defining the subject and examining its key issues. The text begins by outlining and contrasting mainstream economic approaches—which primarily focus on price mechanisms—with political economy perspectives that incorporate historical, political, and sociological dimensions. The discussion then turns to concrete issues within the field: first, the debate on water privatization and its possible alternatives, followed by an analysis of water scarcity in the context of climate change and how political economy frameworks address it. The conclusion highlights ongoing debates within the field, offering inspiration for further exploration.
2025
Level: leicht
The political economy of water
This module examines current socio-political issues through the lens of pluralism, that is pluralism of theory, pluralism of method and interdisciplinary pluralism
2020
Level: leicht
Pluralist Economic Analysis

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