Heterodox economics as seen by Geoffrey Hodgson: an assessment

Marc Lavoie

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, 9-18

Abstract: Geoffrey Hodgson has recently published a book where he wonders why heterodox economics seems to thrive while at the same time losing ground within the most prestigious universities. Although Hodgson considers himself to be a heterodox economist, he complains about the way heterodoxy has been defined by some of its most active thinkers, in particular Frederic Lee and Tony Lawson. Hodgson believes that heterodox economics should be defined neither by a left-leaning ideology nor by critical realism. He argues that too much energy has been devoted to the study of macroeconomics by the Marxist and post-Keynesian brands of heterodox economics, as they left aside what he believes to be the crucial issue of microeconomic behaviour which can be found in behavioural and evolutionary economics. Hodgson further argues that what he considers to be the decline in the impact of heterodox economics is partly due to a lack of quality control. The paper outlines and comments on these various assertions.

Keywords: post-Keynesian economics; heterodox economics; formalism; ideology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 B50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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