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dc.contributor.authorHillinger, Claudeen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:06:08Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:06:08Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citation|aEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal|c1864-6042|v2|h2008-2|nKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)|lKiel|y2008|p1-70en
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2008-2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18015-
dc.description.abstractThis paper has two sources: One is my own research in three broad areas: business cycles, economic measurement and social choice. In all of these fields I attempted to apply the basic precepts of the scientific method as it is understood in the natural sciences. I found that my effort at using natural science methods in economics was met with little understanding and often considerable hostility. I found economics to be driven less by common sense and empirical evidence, than by various ideologies that exhibited either a political or a methodological bias, or both. This brings me to the second source: Several books have appeared recently that describe in historical terms the ideological forces that have shaped either the direct areas in which I worked, or a broader background. These books taught me that the ideological forces in the social sciences are even stronger than I imagined on the basis of my own experiences. The scientific method is the antipode to ideology. I feel that the scientific work that I have done on specific, long standing and fundamental problems in economics and political science have given me additional insights into the destructive role of ideology beyond the history of thought orientation of the works I will be discussing.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.subject.jelD71en
dc.subject.jelD6en
dc.subject.jelC50en
dc.subject.jelE32en
dc.subject.jelB40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordBusiness cyclesen
dc.subject.keywordhistory of economic thoughten
dc.subject.keywordideologyen
dc.subject.keywordscienceen
dc.subject.keywordvotingen
dc.subject.keywordwelfare measurementen
dc.subject.stwSozialwissenschaften
dc.subject.stwIdeologieen
dc.subject.stwWissenschaftliche Methodeen
dc.subject.stwKritiken
dc.subject.stwSoziale Wohlfahrtsfunktionen
dc.subject.stwDogmengeschichteen
dc.titleScience and Ideology in Economic, Political and Social Thought-
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.ppn558059546en
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.enen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifweej:6985en
econstor.citation.journaltitleEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journalen
econstor.citation.issn1864-6042en
econstor.citation.volume2en
econstor.citation.issue2008-2en
econstor.citation.publisherKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)en
econstor.citation.publisherplaceKielen
econstor.citation.year2008en
econstor.citation.startpage1en
econstor.citation.endpage70en

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