I'm revisiting the debate on heterodox econ, so I decided to put together a thread with suggested readings for those interested in learning more about the term, its origins & how hetecon is a rich & constructive research programme rather than an opposition to the orthodoxy. 1/15 There has been a growing literature on the nature of heterodox econ and its relevance as a label, which in turn has overwhelmed us with different definitions of the term. 2/15

@heterodoxnews @hetecon @CriticalDev @ekon_heterodox @rethinkecon @coreeconteam @UnlearnEcon @CTNTE

The #nobelprizeeconomics has been celebrated among not-so mainstream quarters. It’s ‘useful’, it ‘challenges’ the mainstream, it has ‘real world’ insights. Putting aside the merit of the work & individuals who won, here’s little thread as to why we should remain critical. 1/n 1st point relates to how econs have a [market] analysis based upon a general & poor theory so that their time-consuming task is to empirically show all the potentially disturbing factors that moves us from the ‘far-fetched’ normal. 2/n @sanjuktampaul

https://twitter.com/sanjuktampaul/status/1447587961424523271?s=20

Not sure I convinced my first years that the market for laptops is better characterised as having flexible prices but now it is time for this...

Cambridge Realist Workshop, Monday, Oct 21,
@Cambridge_Uni

#CSOG #Ontolology @Cambridge_Uni I definitely do with a glass of wine tonight, @jana_bacevic @YannisDafermos @ImkoTjado?

Attempt to address @DinaPomeranz's question continues. Do we actually have a ‘northern’ dev econ vs ‘global south’ dev econ divide? 1/n Global south researchers are invisible socially, not reaching mainstream econ dev journals. Several reasons for this: old academic colonialism (@arjun_jayadev), lack of resources (@juvaria), language barrier and the neglect of heterodox scholarship (@ingridharvold – me too!) 2/n