Should Economists be Experts in Markets or in Human Nature?

Philip Mirowski
Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik, 2015
Niveau: expert
Perspectives: Économie comportementale, Économie institutionnelle, Économie néoclassique
Sujet: Microéconomie & marchés, Réflexion sur l'économie
Format: Lecture / Presentation
Durée: 01:02:21
Lien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbVPDNl7V4

In this lecture Mirowski claims that a good critique of and alternative to neoclassical economics should focus on microeconomics. In addition, he claims that mainstream economics is not about a specific "human nature", instead the understanding of markets (partially based on Hayek) is of special importance. As an alternative Mirowski proposes institutionalist economics that builds upon how markets work nowadays (e.g. links to computer science).

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Tags: critique of neoclassical economics | critique of plural economics | economic agent | institutions | mainstream critique | markets
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Ce projet est le fruit du travail des membres du réseau international pour le pluralisme en économie, dans la sphère germanophone (Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V.) et dans la sphère francophone (Rethinking Economics Switzerland / Rethinking Economics Belgium / PEPS-Économie France). Nous sommes fortement attachés à notre indépendance et à notre diversité et vos dons permettent de le rester ! 

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