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Die Krise der Wirtschaft: Auch eine Krise der Wirtschaftswissenschaften?

Kirchgässner, Gebhard

In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2009, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 436-468

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    Titre
    • Die Krise der Wirtschaft: Auch eine Krise der Wirtschaftswissenschaften?
    Auteur
    • Kirchgässner, Gebhard. Universität St. Gallen, Schweizerisches Institut für Aussenwirtschaft und Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, Leopoldina und CESifo
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Allemand
    Publié dans
    • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2009, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 436-468. De Gruyter
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Economie
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:300082
    Summary
    Is the economic and financial crisis also a crisis of Economics? From different perspectives, today there is rather harsh criticism of Economics as a Social Science. In this article, first, some of the recent failures of Economics are discussed. Then some of the criticisms are taken up that are less convincing, in particular criticisms of the application of the economic model of behaviour, the mathematisation of Economics and the principle of value freedom. The appropriate role of the government as well as of competition is discussed, and also which other consequences should be drawn for Economics as a science but also for economic policy. Finally, we debate whether there is, besides the economic crisis, really a crisis of Economics as well