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Tag Archives: knowledge
Isaac Asimov on the thrill of learning and the peril of ignorance
While the Coronavirus pandemic and its probable consequences have caused many to recall the great Isaac Asimov‘s science fiction stories, his two beautiful and shrewd quotes which are no less relevant to our times sprang to my mind: “[What’s exciting … Continue reading
Bruno Latour on Uncertainty and Knowledge
“The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms. Do we really know that little? We know … Continue reading
Folk economics, economic sociology, and Trump’s campaign
“When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn’t exist, folks. They beat us all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, economics, knowledge, politics, sociology of knowledge
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On the wandering and exilic being of knowledge seeker
An eminent Saxon scholastic theologian Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096 – 1141) noted in his monumental encyclopedic treatise Didascalion: “All the world is a foreign soil to those who philosophize… It is, therefore, a great source of virtue for the practiced mind to learn, bit by bit, … Continue reading
Orthodoxy and Monoeconomics
“The principal enemy is orthodoxy: to use the same recipe, administer the same therapy, to resolve the most various types of problems; never to admit complexity and try to reduce it as much as possible, while ignoring that things are … Continue reading
Economic fortune telling: forecasting to profit
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable”, famously remarked John Kenneth Galbraith. “Professional” fortune tellers and clairvoyant have accompanied mankind, receiving great respect, throughout the ages. Therefore, one can say, it was only a matter … Continue reading
Economic culture in the public sphere: practice, knowledge and discourse
“Economic Culture in the Public Sphere” is the topic of the European Journal of Sociology special issue, edited by Nina Bandelj, Lyn Spillman & Frederick F. Wherry. This very interesting collection of articles deals with the important question of how public understandings … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, diffusion, Economic Sociology, economics, ideas, institutional change, institutions, knowledge, policy
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When public good exchanged to private gain: neoliberalism, higher education and social inequality
Public higher education has a long history, and with its growth it is associated with the extension of a social right to education from secondary schooling to university studies. Following the rise in student numbers since the 1970s, the aspiration … Continue reading
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Tagged education, higher education, inequality, knowledge, neoliberalism, policy, United Kingdom
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Why and when do governments appoint economists and economics-trained politicians?
Should policymakers – politicians and high-level state officials – be experts in their fields? Does professional competence effect public policies at all? And does it prove itself? These, undoubtedly, important issues to be discussed and researched. But in order to … Continue reading
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Tagged central banking, crisis, economics, European Union, knowledge, neoliberalism, OECD, policy, politics, professionals
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Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” (T. S. Eliot, The Rock, 1934) *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram
Gregory Mankiw: “Economic science is still a primitive body of knowledge.”
From the horse’s mouth: Professor Gregory Mankiw (Chair of Economics Department, Harvard University) on economics: “The economy is complex, and economic science is still a primitive body of knowledge.” From his op-ed in New York Times, March 22, 2014 *** Join the … Continue reading
The whole human knowledge is within your reach! The only two books you ever have to read :-)
What they do, and what they do not, teach you at Harvard Business School… 😏 *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram
“People are living books. The real library of life is community.” Thank you all!
While 2014 is coming to an end and 2015 is knocking on our doors, I want to thank every one of you for being here and for making this community what it really is. Thank you for joining, for every … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, knowledge, Political economy, public sociology, social sciences
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Neoliberalism in the Global South: the shift in development strategies
Despite the fact that the first substantially neoliberal regime was actually in the far South, the civil-military dictatorship in Chile, neoliberalism is generally attributed to western and developed countries. “Where in the world does Neoliberalism come from? The market agenda … Continue reading
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Tagged development, diffusion, Global south, globalization, ideas, knowledge, land, military, neoliberalism, state, trade
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Science is at your feet: Political Science and Sociology’s Most Cited Papers from Each Decade since the 1950s
Using the Web of Science database, Jim Moody (Sociology, Duke University) and Charles Breton (Political Science, University of British Columbia) took the most-cited papers in their respective disciplines, and produced a Top 10 list for each decade going back to … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, knowledge, political science, social sciences, sociology
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