The Crisis in Economic Theory: A Review Essay

• Autores: Kevin D. Hoover
• Localización: Journal of economic literature, ISSN 0022-0515, Vol. 54, Nº 4, 2016, págs. 1350-1361
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Great Recession and the financial crisis of 2007-09 prompted calls for fundamental reforms of economic theory. The role of theory in economics and in recent economic events is considered in light of two recent books: the sociologist Richard Swedberg's The Art of Social Theory and the economist André Orléan's The Empire of Value: A New Foundation for Economics.