Methodenstreit 2013? Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Debate Over How to Reform Economics
Forum for Social Economics ISSN: 0736-0932 (Print) 1874-6381 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rfse20 Methodenstreit 2013? Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Debate Over How to Reform Economics Peter M. Spiegler & William Milberg To cite this article: Peter M. Spiegler & William Milberg (2013) Methodenstreit 2013? Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Debate Over How to Reform Economics, Forum for Social Economics, 42:4, 311-345, DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2013.814089 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2013.814089 Published online: 22 Jul 2013. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 146 View related articles Citing articles: 2 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rfse20 Forum for Social Economics, 2013 Vol. 42, No. 4, 311–345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2013.814089 Methodenstreit 2013? Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Debate Over How to Reform Economics Peter M. Spiegler1 and William Milberg2 1Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, USA; 2Department of Economics, New School University, 65 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA Abstract The general failure of economists to predict the financial crash of 2008 has given rise to a wide-ranging debate over the need for methodological reform. But has this debate been adequate to the task at hand? We introduce a framework for classifying methodological debates according to their scope. The scope of debate is especially important in a time of economic crisis, when it is unclear what kind of disciplinary reforms are needed.
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