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Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf (2023)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (2023). Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf. In I. D. Gennaro, G. N. Schaefer, & S. E. Schuster (Eds.), Geld und Gewinn. Zur Erweiterung monetär-ökonomischer Logiken (11-40). Verlag Karl Alber

Die Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Moderne befasst sich maßgeblich mit der Frage, was der Markt ist bzw. wie vom Markt zu denken ist. Aus eigener Erfahrung teilen wir hier die Einsicht des Wirtschaftsphilosophen Philip Mirowski (2013), dass die in der H... Read More about Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf.

What is heterodox economics? Insights from interviews with leading thinkers (2023)
Journal Article
Mearman, A., Berger, S., & Guizzo, D. (2023). What is heterodox economics? Insights from interviews with leading thinkers. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(4), 1119-1141

This article investigates heterodox economics, drawing on data from interviews we conducted with leading economists, using thematic analysis to identify three core concerns of our respondents: realism, power, and pluralism. Heterodox economists appea... Read More about What is heterodox economics? Insights from interviews with leading thinkers.

Social costs (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). Social costs. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

The root concern of American institutionalism is, arguably, the social waste of business enterprise. (Rutherford 2015; Gruchy 1976) In this tradition, the most comprehensive account and theory of social costs is “The Social Costs of Business Enterpri... Read More about Social costs.

Circular cumulative causation (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). Circular cumulative causation. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

Three different strands of Circular Cumulative Causation can be distinguished: 1) Veblen’s “Cumulative causation”; 2) Myrdal’s “Circular Cumulative Causation”, 3) and Young-Kaldor “Cumulative causation”. (Berger 2009)

K. William Kapp (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). K. William Kapp. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

August Karl Wilhelm Kapp (*1910 in Königsberg – †1976 Dubrovnik) was born in the cultural and economic capital of East Prussia during the epoch of Imperial Germany. His formative years saw post-WW I revolutions of 1918, territorial separation of East... Read More about K. William Kapp.

Alternative national accounting: From monetary to social cost accounting (2021)
Digital Artefact
Berger, S., & Richard, J. (2021). Alternative national accounting: From monetary to social cost accounting. [Online]

Today the world is facing multiple social and ecological crises, which cause human suffering that could be avoided through changes in accounting systems. Firstly, the accounting of large international firms and its concomitant national growth account... Read More about Alternative national accounting: From monetary to social cost accounting.

How different is heterodox economists' thinking on teaching?: A contrastive evaluation of interview data (2021)
Journal Article
Mearman, A., Berger, S., & Guizzo, D. (2022). How different is heterodox economists' thinking on teaching?: A contrastive evaluation of interview data. Review of Political Economy, 34(1), 45-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2020.1869402

This paper explores how differently heterodox and mainstream economists think about teaching. It draws on data from interviews with sixteen leading heterodox economists, which we analyse according to the principles of thematic analysis. We find consi... Read More about How different is heterodox economists' thinking on teaching?: A contrastive evaluation of interview data.

Von den Sozialkosten zum "Ganzen", oder: Wege in die Poetische Oekonomie (2021)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). Von den Sozialkosten zum "Ganzen", oder: Wege in die Poetische Oekonomie. In S. Kazmierski, & G. Rechenauer (Eds.), Was ist der Mensch? Geisteswissenschaftliche Entwürfe im Zeitalter des 'homo œconomicus'. Freiburg i.Br.-München: Verlag Karl Alber

70 Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung von „The Social Costs of Private Enterprise“ (Kapp 1950) geht der vorliegende Artikel im Jahre 2020 der Frage nach, wie sich die Freundschaft zum Dichter Ernst Wiechert auf Kapps Sozialkostentheorie ausgewirkt hat?... Read More about Von den Sozialkosten zum "Ganzen", oder: Wege in die Poetische Oekonomie.

Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth? (2020)
Journal Article
Berger, S. (2020). Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth?. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(2), 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2020.1759021

© 2020, © 2020, Journal of Economic Issues / Association for Evolutionary Economics. Abstract: This article critically examines the institutional economics theory of social costs by way of reviewing The Dark Places of Business Enterprise: Reinstating... Read More about Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth?.

Can a poetic economy cure evil?: Lessons from the Kapp-Wiechert correspondance (2020)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (2020). Can a poetic economy cure evil?: Lessons from the Kapp-Wiechert correspondance. In R. Lüfter, I. De Gennaro, & S. Kazmierski (Eds.), Wirtliche Oekonomie - Philosophische und dichterische Quellen (177-204). Traugott Bautz Verlag

This article deals with the (socio-economic) causes of evil and potential solutions.

‘TAMA’ economics under siege in Brazil: The threats of curriculum governance reform (2019)
Journal Article
Guizzo, D., Mearman, A., & Berger, S. (2021). ‘TAMA’ economics under siege in Brazil: The threats of curriculum governance reform. Review of International Political Economy, 28(1), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1670716

This article considers the curriculum framework governing economics teaching in Brazilian higher education. We assess economics teaching according to three criteria: its pluralism or monism regarding economic theory and method; its treatment of econo... Read More about ‘TAMA’ economics under siege in Brazil: The threats of curriculum governance reform.

Cents and sensibility – what economics can learn from the humanities, by Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, Princeton University Press: 2017, pp. 307; ISBN 978-0-691-17668-0 (2018)
Journal Article
Berger, S. (2018). Cents and sensibility – what economics can learn from the humanities, by Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, Princeton University Press: 2017, pp. 307; ISBN 978-0-691-17668-0

Cents and sensibility – what economics can learn from the humanities, by Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, Princeton University Press: 2017, pp. 307; ISBN 978-0-691-17668-0