Re: Radical Economics
I write a Q&A column for Dollars and Sense Magazine and the Q for the
up-coming issue is ths: what's the difference between a radical
and liberal economist (or a progressive vs liberal)? Naturally I have
my own thoughts on this, but I'd love to hear what pen-lers have to
s
Paul P. writes:
Someone made a reference with respect to radical economists to
"Institutional economist if there are any" or something to that effect.
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in my view, Marxian political economy is one version of
institutional economics.
JD
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Frank, Ellen wrote:
I write a Q&A column for Dollars and Sense Magazine and the Q for the
up-coming issue is
I apologise entirely for that poorly thought-out joke. I'm a huge fan of
Galbraith.
dd
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Someone made a reference with re
Someone made a reference with respect to radical economists to
"Institutional economist if there are any" or something to that effect.
This, I think is a gross misrepresentation of the state of
institutionalism as a vibrant stream in contemporary economics. JK
Galbraith is a continuing icon of radi
I think that you could add a third dimension -- style. The populists, Ricardian
socialists, Wright Patman ... were all radical in style, although many -- especially
the agrarian populists -- tended to look back to a Adam Smith world of small
capitalism. While this sort of politics may be react
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It seems to me that one had better distinguish between methodology and
ideology. Oskar Lange was radical in ideology but non-radical in
methodology. On the contrary, Austrian economists are radical in their
methodology but non-radical in their ideology. One can consider even
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> as far as the definition of a "radical economist"
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hmmm, I'd say that a liberal is someone who prescribes aspirin for a brain
tumour while a radical is someone who prescribes open-skull surgery for a
headache.
as far as the definition of a "radical economist" (a
>The distinction Daniel makes here seems to me an important one.
i think that's because I plagiarised it off you :-)
dd
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> as far as the definition of a "radical economist" (as opposed to a radical
> who is also an economist),
The distinction Daniel makes here seems to me an important one. At a
conference of "Radicals in the Professions" I attended at Ann Arbor in
the summer of 1966 an econ gr
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I write a Q&A column for Dollars and Sense Magazine and the Q for the
up-coming issue is ths: wh
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what's the difference between a radical
and liberal economist?
Tenure.
Carl
Hi Ellen!
Of course it isn't a hard and fast divide and there are many angles to the
distinction. But if I had to pick one, I would say structures versus
policy choices. Radicals tend to see shortcomings as deeply embeded in
existing structures and thus requiring change in those
structures. Libe
I write a Q&A column for Dollars and Sense Magazine and the Q for the
up-coming issue is ths: what's the difference between a radical
and liberal economist (or a progressive vs liberal)? Naturally I have
my own thoughts on this, but I'd love to hear what pen-lers have to
say.
Ellen Frank
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