Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics

 

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM 0 (2009), 151 – 156

Economists Have No Clothes

Abstract

Why have economists had so little meaningful to say about the 2008 crises? Where and when did the `science‘ get off the track? Can anything be done to restore respectability to Economics as a useful area of inquiry? This short essay examines these questions.

Journal Information

RMM is an interdisciplinary open access journal focusing on issues of rationality, market mechanisms, and the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects. It provides a forum for dialogue between philosophy, economics, and related disciplines, encouraging critical reflection on the foundations and implications of economic processes.

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