"Why does mainstream economics appear so autistic to so many?
A mere misunderstanding?"
These issues are old and chronic, but the ongoing economic crisis has set them on fire again. They will be discussed by
Heikki Patomäki (Political Science) and Hannu Vartiainen (Economics).
The debate will be moderated by Uskali Mäki (Philosophy).
Time: Monday 12 November, 14-16
Place: Unioninkatu 35, entrance: Yrjö-Koskisenkatu, 1st floor, Lecture room http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/u35/default2.htm
AID is the new forum for interdisciplinary conversation coordinated by the Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. For the very idea and the programme, check
http://www.helsinki.fi/tint/aid.htm
For further information, contact Pekka Mäkelä,
Below is a list of background readings provided by the speakers. They are available on request (from Pekka Mäkelä).
a. Robert Aumann, 1985, What Is Game Theory Trying to Accomplish? In Arrow, K.; Honkapohja, S.. Frontiers of Economics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 909–924.
b. Ken Binmore, 2012, Economic Man—or Straw Man? Working paper UCL
c. Alvin Roth, 2002. "The Economist as Engineer: Game Theory, Experimentation, and Computation as Tools for Design Economics," Econometrica 70, pages 1341-1378,
c. Ariel Rubinstein, 2012, "Economic Fables", Open Book Publishers http://www.openbookpublishers.com/reader/136.
d. Hannu Vartiainen 2008, "Onko taloustiede ihmistiede?" Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 4, 405 - 420
1. Heikki Patomäki, “Monetarism and the Denial of Reality”, Appendix 1 of Democratising Globalisation. The Leverage of the Tobin Tax, Zed Books: London and New York, 2001, pp. 223-231.
2. Heikki Patomäki, ”A Critical Realist Approach to Global Political Economy”, in J.Cruickshank (ed.): Critical Realism: The Difference It Makes, Routledge: London, 2003, pp.197-220.
3. Heikki Patomäki, “How to Tell Better Stories about the History and Future of Global Political Economy”, Review of International Political Economy, (16):2, 2009, pp.309-320.
4. Heikki Patomäki, “What Next? An Explanation of the 2008-9 Slump and Two Scenarios of the Shape of Things to Come”, Globalizations, (7):1, March-May 2010, pp. 67-84.