heterodox economics
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| heterodox economics | |
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| Name | heterodox economics |
| Subject | Economics |
| Region | International |
| Notable people | Karl Marx; John Maynard Keynes; Thorstein Veblen; Joan Robinson; Michał Kalecki; Rosa Luxemburg; Friedrich Hayek; Piero Sraffa; Amartya Sen; Hyman Minsky |
heterodox economics
Heterodox economics comprises a set of alternative approaches to John Maynard Keynes-era, Adam Smith-inspired, neoclassical mainstream frameworks, offering pluralist perspectives shaped by thinkers such as Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, Joan Robinson, Michał Kalecki, and Rosa Luxemburg. It critiques assumptions associated with institutions like the London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and University of Cambridge and engages with policy debates influenced by bodies such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Federal Reserve System, and European Central Bank. Proponents have connections to movements and events including the Great Depression, 1970s stagflation, 2008 financial crisis, Occupy Wall Street, and initiatives like the New Deal and Green New Deal.
Overview and Definitions
Heterodox approaches challenge assumptions found in curricula at University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University and emphasize alternative foundations drawn from thinkers such as Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Thorstein Veblen, Piero Sraffa, and Amartya Sen. Definitions vary across journals like the Review of Radical Political Economics, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Historical Materialism, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and institutions including the Economics Association, Institute for New Economic Thinking, and Royal Economic Society. Debates reference seminal works such as Das Kapital, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Principles of Political Economy, and Growth and Distribution.
Schools and Traditions
Major strands include Marxism as represented by Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, V.I. Lenin, and György Lukács; Post-Keynesian economics linked to John Maynard Keynes, Joan Robinson, Piero Sraffa, Michael Kalecki, and Hyman Minsky; Institutional economics associated with Thorstein Veblen, John R. Commons, and Wesley Clair Mitchell; Austrian School heterodoxy heirs from Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray Rothbard; Feminist economics developed by Amartya Sen, Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, and Elise Boulding; Ecological economics advanced by Herman Daly, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Robert Costanza, and Malcolm Slesser; and Behavioral heterodox currents interacting with work by Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and Herbert Simon. Lesser-known traditions include Sraffian economics tied to Piero Sraffa, Regulation School linked to Michel Aglietta and Robert Boyer, and Socialist economics associated with Eugene V. Debs and Alexandra Kollontai.
Methodology and Critiques of Mainstream Economics
Heterodox scholars critique methods used at University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, London School of Economics, Princeton University, and Yale University for overreliance on formal models found in works by Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, Robert Lucas Jr., Edward Prescott, and Finn Kydland. They prioritize historical analysis used in texts by Karl Polanyi, E.P. Thompson, Charles Gide, and Alexander Gerschenkron; institutional analysis as in John R. Commons and Karl Polanyi; and qualitative methods exemplified by Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Mannheim. Methodological pluralism draws on critiques from Amartya Sen, Joan Robinson, Hyman Minsky, Piero Sraffa, and Thomas Kuhn and engages with debates involving institutions like the Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society, American Economic Association, European Society for the History of Economic Thought, and International Panel on Social Progress.
Historical Development
Roots trace to classical authors such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and John Stuart Mill and to critiques by Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen. Twentieth-century growth followed contributions from John Maynard Keynes, Joan Robinson, Piero Sraffa, Michal Kalecki, Hyman Minsky, and Rosa Luxemburg amid events including the Great Depression, World War II, the Bretton Woods Conference, and the 1973 oil crisis. Institutional consolidation occurred through organizations like the Post Keynesian Economics Society, World Association for Political Economy, International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics, and journals such as the Cambridge Journal of Economics and Review of Radical Political Economics.
Key Topics and Policy Contributions
Heterodox scholars influenced policy debates on financial stability cited in analyses of the 2008 financial crisis, Great Depression, Latin American debt crisis, and Asian financial crisis; labor and distribution debates involving International Labour Organization reports and thinkers like David Ricardo and Karl Marx; environmental policy influenced by Herman Daly, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Rachel Carson, and Green New Deal proponents; and development strategies reflected in reports from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and critics like ECLAC economists such as Raúl Prebisch. Policy innovations draw on frameworks from New Deal, Keynesian fiscal policy, Minskyian financial regulation, and degrowth and steady-state economy proposals.
Influence, Institutions, and Journals
Institutions and departments associated with heterodox work include University of Cambridge, University of Missouri–Kansas City, New School for Social Research, SOAS University of London, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stockholm School of Economics, and University of Bremen; research centers include the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Peruvian Center for Study of Economics Alternatives, Levy Economics Institute, Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Institute for Labor Studies. Key journals comprise the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Review of Radical Political Economics, New Left Review, Ecological Economics, Feminist Economics, and Real-World Economics Review.
Contemporary Debates and Future Directions
Contemporary debates engage figures such as Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Thomas Piketty, Dani Rodrik, Paul Krugman, Ha-Joon Chang, and Naomi Klein and institutions like the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations, and European Central Bank. Topics include financialization analyzed through the lens of Hyman Minsky and Karl Polanyi, climate policy invoking Herman Daly and Nicholas Stern, inequality debates referencing Thomas Piketty and Anthony Atkinson, and methodological pluralism championed at conferences by the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics and Post Keynesian Economics Society. Future trajectories may involve dialog with complexity economics researchers at Santa Fe Institute, transdisciplinary work with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and institutional reform campaigns linked to movements such as Occupy Wall Street and policy platforms like the Green New Deal.