Vielfalt verantworten. Auswege aus der geistigen Monokultur der Ökonomie

El artículo crítica los fundamentos de la síntesis teórica actual que domina el pensamiento económico, conocida como Equilibrio General Dinámico Estocástico (GDSE por sus siglas en Inglés). Analiza la perspectiva de la crítica de Kuhm a los paradigmas científicos. Y concluye que la política económica basada en esta perspectiva no necesariamente conduce al bienestar general.

"Il paraît bien loin le temps où les banques centrales revendiquaient un objectif et un seul — l’inflation —, devant tout autre, que ce soit la croissance, l’emploi où l’équilibre des marchés financiers. Cette intransigeance obsessionnelle était le socle de leur crédibilité. Sans état d’âme et sans considération sociale, les …

This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes.

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.