Introduction to Economics as a Public Science

This short article introduces readers to the papers published in this issue on the theme of “public reason” in economics. It provides ground to the notion of “public reason” in economics as a two-way process taking place in interstitial spaces between economics, as an academic discipline, and the va...

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Main Authors: Harro Maas, Steven G. Medema, Marco Guidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Œconomia 2019-06-01
Series:Œconomia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/5784
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public reason
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Steven G. Medema
Marco Guidi
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publishDate 2019-06-01
description This short article introduces readers to the papers published in this issue on the theme of “public reason” in economics. It provides ground to the notion of “public reason” in economics as a two-way process taking place in interstitial spaces between economics, as an academic discipline, and the various publics in which economics—its concepts, tools, and methods— acquires meaning as an instrument of social understanding and political change.
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public reason
expertise
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