When Truth is Not Beauty, Nor Beauty Truth: A Review of Econ Art — Divorcing Art from Science in Modern Economics

Craig F Freedman
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Craig F Freedman: Macquarie University, Australia

Chapter 16 in Chicago Fundamentalism:Ideology and Methodology in Economics, 2008, pp 405-413 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractRick Szostak's latest effort has at its core an entertaining conceit. Economists are too much immersed in economics to fully comprehend what they are doing. Shock tactics are required to shake the profession out of its dogmatic sleep. This can only happen if economists are willing (or forced) to don alien lenses when reflecting on their own endeavours. (Though, economists under the best of circumstances are not much given to introspection.) When suggesting a new perspective from which to view the economics profession, modern art (specifically painting) has to be as far afield from an economist's normal concerns as picnicking on Mars.

Keywords: Chicago School; George Stigler; Milton Friedman; Ideology; Methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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