Economic Ideology
An Economic Ideology is an ideology about economic beliefs.
- Context:
- It can be held by an Economic Ideologue.
- It can be supported by an Economic Theory.
- It can be studied by an Economics Researcher.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Economic Theory, Normative Economics, Anarcho-Capitalism, Anarcho-Communism, Economic System, Positive Economics.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/economic_ideology Retrieved:2014-10-16.
- An economic ideology distinguishes itself from economic theory in being normative rather than just explanatory in its approach. It expresses a perspective on the way an economy should run and to what end, whereas the aim of economic theories is to create accurate explanatory models. However the two are closely interrelated as underlying economic ideology influences the methodology and theory employed in analysis.
A good way of discerning whether an ideology can be classified an economic ideology is to query if it inherently takes a specific and detailed economic standpoint. For instance, Anarchism cannot be said to be an economic ideology as such, because it has amongst others Anarcho-capitalism on the one hand and Anarcho-communism on the other as subcategories thereof, which are in themselves opposing ideological standpoints.
Furthermore, economic ideology is distinct from an economic system that it supports, such as a capitalist ideology, to the extent that explaining an economic system (positive economics) is distinct from advocating it (normative economics). [1] The theory of economic ideology explains its occurrence, evolution, and relation to an economy [2]
- An economic ideology distinguishes itself from economic theory in being normative rather than just explanatory in its approach. It expresses a perspective on the way an economy should run and to what end, whereas the aim of economic theories is to create accurate explanatory models. However the two are closely interrelated as underlying economic ideology influences the methodology and theory employed in analysis.
- ↑ Kurt Klappholz, 1987. "ideology," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, p. 716.
- ↑ • Roland Bénabou, 2008. "Ideology," Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(2-3), pp. 321-352.
• Joseph P. Kalt and Mark A. Zupan, 1984. "Capture and Ideology in the Economic Theory of Politics," American Economic Review, 74(3), p p. 279-300. Reprinted in C. Grafton and A. Permaloff, ed., 2005, The Behavioral Study of Political Ideology and Public Policy Formation, ch. 4, pp. 65-104.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Economic_ideologies
- Economic ideologies are here defined as moral positions - how economies should be structured, as compared to economic theories - systems of propositions concerning how economies work. Of course, the two are related. Certain theories support or preclude certain ideologies. For example, someone who believes in the Keynesian theory of economics is quite unlikely to subscribe to libertarian ideology.