Road to Serfdom? Wirtschaft und Konsum im Dritten Reich

First historical instances of colonialism such as the crusades are revisited. Then a lengthy account of the colonial experience of the Spanish Kingdom in South America and of the British Empire in India is given. The Indian case is illustrated with large amounts of archival materials from a colonial administrator. There the workings of the colonial bureaucracy and law and its (positive) achievements as well as the ignorance and arrogance of the external rulers are demonstrated. After narrating the Indian independence to some depth some recent colonial wars (Algeria, Vietnam, Congo, Angola) are briefly examined. In the end, the impact of colonialism on current, i.e. 1970s, (economic) international relations is discussed. The general tenor is that colonialism is a dysfunctional system. Still, agency is mostly placed with the empire rather than with the ruled.

Der Philosoph Gert Scobel geht in diesem Video dem Begriff der "Entfremdung" nach, der für die Marx'sche Analyse der Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft sehr bedeutsam ist.

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.

In der Einleitung zum Sammelband "Wirtschaft neu lehren - Erfahrungen aus der pluralen, sozioökonomischen Hochschullehre" stellen die Autor:innen die Motivation des Projektes dar: Die wirtschaftlichen Krisenphänomene und aktuellen Herausforderungen müssen auch die ökonomische Hochschullehre verändern. Sie legen dar, wie eine neue Generation von Ökonom:innen dieses bereits für die VWL und die Lehramtsfächer praktziert, und wagen hieraus erste Schlüsse zu ziehen.