Manufacturing Pluralism in Brazilian Economics

Fernández, Ramón; Suprinyak, Carlos Eduardo

doi:10.1080/00213624.2019.1644926

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“…It can be observed that the sample is composed of respondents who identify themselves as heterodox, as most of them marked values 8, 9, or 10 on the orthodox/heterodox scale. Although the questionnaire dissemination process aimed to reach professors and students from all economics postgraduate programs in Brazil, and the Brazilian academic landscape has been identified as pluralistic (Dequech, 2018;Fernandez and Suprinyak, 2019), with a reasonably similar distribution between orthodox and heterodox views, it is interesting to note the concentration of heterodox views in the sample. The reasons for this can only be speculated upon, but perhaps the main explanation is that some orthodox economists do not recognize the relevance of the debate on the intellectual and methodological differences between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, considering heterodox views merely as anti-empirical and based on the support of stylized facts narratives (Lisboa and Pessoa, 2016), which may have reduced their motivation to respond and share the questionnaire with their professional colleagues.…”

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“…The debate precisely addressed the meaning and scope of these terms and perspectives within economics, generating subsequent academic repercussions (Hartmann, 2017;Siqueira and Jerônimo, 2018;Cantu, 2021). Furthermore, as pointed out by Dequech (2018) and Fernandez and Suprinyak (2019), the composition of the set of ideas in economics that hold influence and academic prestige in Brazil is quite different from that which is predominant in the United States. This allows for the discussion of a national pluralistic mainstream, based on tolerance for different theoretical and methodological approaches.…”

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Ortho-Heterodox Biases and the Economist Algorithms of ChatGPT

Iazdi

2023

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Recommendations for economic policies can be based on different theoretical perspectives and may present hidden biases. Identifying these biases is challenging when they are embedded in recommendations from sources with high technological and social disruptive potential, where a good level of impartiality is expected, such as contemporary large language models. Thus, a questionnaire was administered to economists affiliated with the Brazilian academic community to assess their perception of orthodox/heterodox biases in economic policy recommendations derived from interactions with ChatGPT. The results showed that: i) there is still no consensus on the concepts of orthodoxy and heterodoxy in Brazil; ii) there are indications of a positive relationship between how self-proclaimed heterodox (orthodox) an economist is and how heterodox (orthodox) the perceived bias in an economic policy is; iii) it was not possible to identify a consistently orthodox or heterodox bias in ChatGPT's recommendations, which exhibited a good degree of impartiality.

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2023

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“…[34] In Brazil, pluralism has long been entrenched in the discipline's scientific culture, [35] defended by the national economics association (with the support of the Ford Foundation!) against attacks from orthodox hardliners and regulated by the Brazilian ministry of education (see Fernandez and Suprinyak 2019).…”

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'We need to offer something better to the scholars of the future.' Which way forward for heterodox economics?

Heise

2023

Journal of Philosophical Economics

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After the global financial crisis, hopes were high that there would be a pluralisation of the economics discipline and a boost for heterodox economics that challenged dominant economic models. However, mainstream economics once again proved its enormous resilience and the future of alternatives to this mainstream is anything but certain. Geoffrey Hodgson's new book on this issue has sparked fresh discussions about the stunted development of heterodox economics and proposals for possible ways forward. This article will argue that the crucial factor for the future of heterodox economics is not converging on a single unified paradigm or raising the quality of research, but rather gaining access to different kinds of capital, first and foremost professorial positions at universities. Such access is severely restricted under present conditions as a result of epistemological and ontological discrimination. Heterodox economics can only flourish if the epistemic community of economists embraces paradigmatic pluralism as part of their academic culture, or if regulations are put in place to secure access to such capital and so to academic freedom.

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“…Porém a situação não é a mesma em economia. A heterodoxia econômica se estabelece como uma corrente menor, mas organizada, com associações e periódicos que têm um certo prestígio, abarcando várias escolas de pensamento (LEE, 2009;SUPRINYAK, 2019;MEARMAN;BERGER;GUIZZO, 2019). Por que a economia heterodoxa não é "pseudociência"?…”

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Processos de escolha de teorias e formação de um cânon na ciência econômica

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2020

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Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os processos de escolhas de teorias, isto é, o que faz com que uma teoria seja incorporada ao mainstream da disciplina. Tal processo é importante, porque sinaliza a direção dos recursos utilizados em pesquisa. Embora a visão tradicional pressuponha um modelo competitivo, este artigo argumenta que existem falhas de mercado, além de outras disputas, que prejudicam o funcionamento normal da descoberta científica.

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Manufacturing Pluralism in Brazilian Economics

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Ortho-Heterodox Biases and the Economist Algorithms of ChatGPT

Ortho-Heterodox Biases and the Economist Algorithms of ChatGPT

'We need to offer something better to the scholars of the future.' Which way forward for heterodox economics?

Processos de escolha de teorias e formação de um cânon na ciência econômica

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