Who are the economists Germany listens to?
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Pühringer, Stephan; Beyer, Karl M.

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“…A conservative, ordo-and neoliberal cluster is opposed to a more progressive, Keynesian-oriented cluster (cf. Pühringer and Beyer 2021;Schwarzbauer et al 2019). This emerging ideological diversity within policy advisory comprises both liberal economists with roots in modern microeconomics (game theory, behavioural economics), in ordoliberalism, as well as in neoclassical economics, and Keynesian economists with roots in New Keynesian Macroeconomics and occasionally in heterodox post-Keynesianism.…”

Section: Intraparadigmatic Pluralism or The Rising Variety Within Mai...mentioning

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Power structures in economics and society: Some remarks on the future of non-mainstream economics

Reinke

2023

Journal of Philosophical Economics

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Economic approaches that emphasize power dynamics in the political economy or rely on a non-mathematical, non-positivistic, pluralistic methodology are either almost marginalized in (heterodoxy) or excluded from (transdisciplinary non-mainstream) the field of economics. Relying on a combination of the Discursive Political Economy of Economics and a critical sociology of economic knowledge, this article gives a sociological explanation of these paradigmatic conditions and the related future prospects of non-mainstream research within economics in Germany, by incorporating social theory, discourse, and power analysis, and philosophy of science. In doing so, the article argues for a special role of economics in the political economy, which is associated with a legitimatizing and economic-knowledgeproducing function for non-epistemic issues. In a dialectic understanding of society and science, the implementation of classification rankings such as rankings and of a pyramidal hierarchy of publications is viewed as the disciplinary response to its social role. This results in an unequal distribution of power in the field of economics in Germany. The article concludes that a pluralistic change in modern economics cannot be expected, as long there is no social change in terms of the interconnection between the two demands for academic reputation and economic knowledge.

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Power structures in economics and society: Some remarks on the future of non-mainstream economics

Reinke

2023

Journal of Philosophical Economics

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“…The article delves into the history of neoclassical economics to explain the critiques outlined in the Spriggs (2020) letter, the conditions that made statements like Dan Patrick's possible as well as the discipline's contentious relationship with social studies, particularly how and why it too often stands apart from, or else elevates itself above, the other social sciences. It asks how economics, the unabashedly self-styled “Queen of the social sciences” (Decker, 2019; Heise & Thieme, 2016; Mäki, 2002a; Pühringer, 2016) fits into a democratic field like social studies education. Specifically, how well does mainstream economics align with an emancipatory approach that “embraces multiple perspectives, values student opinion, questions the validity and neutrality of official knowledge and seeks to create social change that disrupts oppressive power structures”?…”

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Does a queen belong in a democracy? Departures and possibilities in civics and economics education

Adams

2022

The Journal of Social Studies Research

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The article investigates the contentious relationship between economics and social studies and considers the extent to which the dominant narratives and methodological approaches in economics are compatible with ambitious views of equity in civics education. Tensions between social studies and economics are described. These include differing views on the role of government, democracy, and equality, as well as economics' "imperious mindset" (Heilbroner, 1991, p. 463). After identifying these tensions, the article devotes significant space to recent scholarship that can bridge the civics-economics divide and introduce the kind of equity work being called for in social studies education.

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“…Such ideational power is wielded not only through formal channels of policy advice but also increasingly through the media, where economists from various institutions, such as private banks, ministries, research institutes, think tanks, and other interest groups, often appear as experts and commentators (Brandes, 2019;Chadwick et al, 2020;Petersen et al, 2010;Petley, 2022;Rafter, 2014;Walsh, 2020). Media scholarship has shown how, for example, during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Euro Crisis that ensued, economists were central sources used by political and economic journalists (Basu, 2019;Pühringer and Beyer, 2022).…”

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“…Despite the ‘ubiquitous rise of the economists’ (Markoff and Montecinos, 1993) and the well-established prevalence of economists as important news sources and expert commentators in the media (Berry, 2016; Chadwick et al, 2020; Pühringer and Beyer, 2022), little is known about the relationship between economists and the media. Much of the scholarship has explored the dynamic from the perspective of journalists covering economic and financial issues.…”

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The mediatization of the economist profession: How economists use the media to promote political and economic interests

Harjuniemi

2024

European Journal of Communication

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Professional economists wield considerable power as experts and policymakers. Consequently, economists frequently appear in the media, where they comment on current economic issues and assess economic policy options. Despite the status of economists, little is known about the relationship between economists and the media and how economists use the media to promote economic and political interests. Building on the scholarship on the mediatization of expertise, this article analyzes the mediatization of the economist profession. The article draws on 17 semi-structured interviews with Finnish economists who appear frequently in the news media. The findings reveal how institutions from private banks to research institutes use economists to advance their economic and political interests via the media. It is found that using social media and serving journalists are elemental parts of an economist's job description. Furthermore, economists work closely with communications professionals to advance organizational interests. This article argues that further research should analyze how mediatization intertwines with the work of economic experts.

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Who are the economists Germany listens to? 1

Cited by 7 publications

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Power structures in economics and society: Some remarks on the future of non-mainstream economics

Power structures in economics and society: Some remarks on the future of non-mainstream economics

Does a queen belong in a democracy? Departures and possibilities in civics and economics education

The mediatization of the economist profession: How economists use the media to promote political and economic interests

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