The Mainstream Obsession with Microfoundations and why it is an intellectual dead-end

Ein philosophischer Blick auf die Grundlagen internationaler Ökonomie Jakob Kapeller Quelle: van Treeck, Till, and Janina Urban. Wirtschaft neu denken: Blinde Flecken in der Lehrbuchökonomie. iRights Media, 2016. Das Buch kann hier bestellt werden: http://irights-media.de/publikationen/wirtschaft-neu-denken/.   Rezensiertes Buch: Krugman, P.R./Obstfeld, M./Melitz, M.J. (2014): International Economics – Theory and Policy, 10. Auflage, …

Qu'est ce que l'Histoire de la Pensée Économique? Quels en sont ses enjeux et dimensions ? Retrouvez quelques éléments de réponse dans cette intervention ! https://pixabay.com/photos/old-books-book-old-library-436498/

This panel discusses the role of mathematics and history in economics. Lord Robert Skidelsky and Dr. Ha-Joon Chang advocate for a more prominent role of history and a less prominent role of mathematics within economics. Prof. Steve Pisckhe and Prof. Francesco Caselli defend the dominant role of mathematics within economics. Each of the speakers gives a 10-15 minutes talk advocating his position, before the panel is opened up for Q&A. The discussion is moderated by Prof. James Foreman-Peck.

This course will introduce key concepts, theories and methods from socioeconomics. The first part of the course, will deal with the main economic actors and how their interactions are governed. Markets are seen as sets of social institutions. Institutions shape how consumers, firms and other economic actors behave. While it is difficult to understand how novelty emerges, we can study the conditions that are conducive to innovation. We will review how economic performance, social progress and human wellbeing are measured and what progress has been made. In the second part of the course, we will study a specific macroeconomic model that accounts for biophysical boundaries and inequality.