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Economists and Economics in Policymaking: Historical Episodes and Methodological Perspectives book cover

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Economists and Economics in Policymaking Historical Episodes and Methodological Perspectives

Edited By Ivan Boldyrev, Esther-Mirjam Sent Copyright 2027
90 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how economic knowledge shapes policy and society, challenging readers to consider not whether economics influences the real world, but how—through which models, experts, and institutions, and with what underlying assumptions and power dynamics. Drawing on the history and philosophy of economics, it moves beyond simplistic assessments of success or failure to explore the... Read more

Introduction: Economists and economics in policymaking: historical episodes and methodological perspectives

Ivan Boldyrev and Esther-Mirjam Sent

 

1. To change or not to change. The evolution of forecasting models at the Bank of England

Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, Béatrice Cherrier, Juan Acosta, Clément Fontan & François Claveau

 

2. Platforming economics: tech economics, market design, and the transformation of markets

Edward Nik-Khah

 

3. Hierarchies of expertise and the early days of research at the World Bank

Christina Laskaridis

 

4. Taking psychology seriously: a self-determination theory perspective on Robert Sugden’s opportunity criterion

Malte Dold, Elias van Emmerick and Mark Fabian

Biography

Ivan Boldyrev is Assistant Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He is a philosopher and historian of ideas with wide-ranging interests, including the history and philosophy of recent economics, German idealism, and critical theory.

Esther-Mirjam Sent is Professor at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Sent is a co-editor of the Journal of Institutional Economics. Her research explores behavioural economics, experimental economics, and economic policy, as well as the history and philosophy of economic science.

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