On some criticisms of critical realism in economics

Mário da Graça  Moura; Nuno Martins

doi:10.1093/cje/bem038

On some criticisms of critical realism in economics

Mário da Graça Moura, Nuno Martins^*

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Abstract

Methodological comments on critical realism in economics have proliferated over the past decade - typically focusing on Tony Lawson's Economics and Reality and Reorienting Economics , which constitute the core of this project. In the present paper we select a series of important, mostly very recent arguments against critical realism in economics and assess their merits and demerits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-218
Number of pages	16
Journal	Cambridge Journal of Economics
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bem038
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

Keywords

Critical realism in economics
Economic methodology
Ontology

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