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Dionysian Economics
Benjamin Ward
其他書名
Making Economics a Scientific Social Science
出版Springer, 2016-10-03
主題Business & Economics / Economics / TheoryBusiness & Economics / Organizational BehaviorBusiness & Economics / Economics / MacroeconomicsBusiness & Economics / Economics / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Consumer Behavior
ISBN11375973649781137597366
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YsMwDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Nietzsche distinguished between two forces in art: Apollonian, which represents order and reason, and Dionysian, which represents chaos and energy. Economists, Ward argues, have operated for too long under the assumption that their work reflects the scientific, Apollonian principals that inform physics when they simply do not apply to economics: 'constants' in economics stand in for variables, and the core scientific principles of prediction and replication are all but ignored by economists. Ward encourages economists to reintegrate the standard rigor of the scientific method into their work while embracing the fact of the shape-shifting changeability of human beings. Economists can still aspire to scientific standards, as is demonstrated by the success of biology, in which there is considerable Dionysian variability. Economists must avoid the temptation to wish away dynamic complexity and diversity and must recognize, among other things, that the desire to take risks is fundamentally human. The second half of the book takes some first steps toward creating this new Dionysian Economics.