1st Edition

The Ethical Formation of Economists

Edited By Wilfred Dolfsma, Ioana Negru Copyright 2019
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Economists' role in society has always been an uneasy one, and in recent years the ethicality of the profession and its practitioners has been questioned more than ever. This collection of essays is the first to investigate the multifaceted nature of what forms economists' ethical and economic views. Bringing together work from international contributors, The Ethical Formation of Economists... Read more

Introduction.  1. Training the ‘Ethical Economist’.  2. Teaching future economists.  3. Economists Personal Responsibility and Ethics.  4. Social Connection & the Responsible Economist.  5. More Harm Than Benefit: The Ramifications of the Neglect of Rights in Economics.  6. Experiments in Economics and their Ethical Dimensions: The Case of Developing Countries.  7. The Making of an Ethical Econometrician.  8. Economists, their role and influence in the media.  9. Intervention, policy and responsibility: economics as over-engineered expertise?.  10. Conclusions: Raising Up Private Max U

Biography

Wilfred Dolfsma is Professor of Business Management & Organisation at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. He is the author of numerous books and articles, and was editor-in-chief of the Review of Social Economy and is associate editor for the European Journal of Management.





Ioana Negru is Reader in Economics in the Faculty of Economic Sciences at Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania. She is a member of Reteaching Economics and Skidelski Group for Economics Curriculum Reform.