Whither economics imperialism? Debating Ambrosino, Cedrini and Davis

Christiane Heisse

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2025, vol. 32, issue 1, 136-156

Abstract: This paper comments on “Today’s economics: one, no one and one hundred thousand,” published recently in EJHET. The original paper offers a welcome discussion of economics imperialism in the recent and contemporary history of economic thought. This response critically interrogates three of its main ideas, that: (i) economics imperialism is a bygone era; (ii) economics experienced a phase of reverse imperialisms; and (iii) economics has therefore become truly pluralist and welcoming of heterodoxy. Drawing on Ben Fine’s theoretical framework and the example of natural capital, I argue that economics imperialism is alive and well, if under the guise of interdisciplinarity.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2024.2433980

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