The Economic Tradition and the Problem of Social Order: Hans Albert’s Critique of Welfare Economics and the Perspective of Constitutional Political Economy

Viktor J. Vanberg ()
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Viktor J. Vanberg: Walter Eucken Institut

Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2022, vol. 39, issue 1, No 6, 83-111

Abstract: Abstract The paper discusses Hans Albert’s ambivalent relation to economics, his rejection of its neoclassical version and his approval of its classical tradition. Against this background it examines Albert’s critique of welfare economics, contrasting his arguments with the outlook of constitutional political economy.

Keywords: Critical rationalism; Political economy; Welfare economics; Social technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B D H (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s41412-021-00106-3

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