Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
Economist and sinologist by education, I am a transdisciplinary researcher in the human sciences. I approach economics as a bridge between the sciences and the humanities. Specifically, I work on the philosophy of economics, ecological, evolutionary and institutional economics, and Chinas studies. In the recent decade, I published a series of books in these areas, mostly with Routledge.
Biography
Carsten Herrmann-Pillath (*1959) is Professor and Permanent Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, China. After completing education in economics and sinology at the University of Cologne, between 1992 and 2016 he assumed professorships and chairs in economics, evolutionary/institutional economics and Chinese economic studies at Duisburg University, Witten/Herdecke University and Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. As a visiting professor, he taught at University of Vienna, University of Bonn, Hochschule St. Gallen, University of Tübingen, Tsinghua University Schwarzman College, and many others. His major fields of research are economics and philosophy, institutional change and economic development, international economics and Chinese economic studies. His publications include 500+ academic papers and 18 books, covering a broad cross-disciplinary range in economics, the humanities and the sciences, including recently: Journal of Economic Methodology, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Economics & Philosophy, European Economic Review, Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, European Journal of Political Economy, Ecological Economics and Entropy. His magnum opus on China was published in 2017, building on three decades of research into culture and political economy of China: China’s Economic Culture: The Ritual Order of State and Markets (Routledge). Written in German, his book ‘Fundamentals of Critical Economics’ (2018) develops a conceptual framework for a comprehensive disciplinary transformation of the field, which builds on previous work, especially ‘Foundations of Economic Evolution: A Treatise on the Natural Philosophy of Economics’ (2013). He is currently working (together with Christian Hederer) on a book ‘A New Principles of Economics: The Science of Markets’ scheduled with Routledge in 2022.Education
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Master of Arts, sinology, University of Cologne, 1984
Diploma (MSc), economics, University of Cologne, 1987
PhD, economics, University of Cologne, 1988
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Economics, Chinese studies, economics and philosophy, ecological economics, evolutionary economics, institutional economics, international trade
Personal Interests
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Classical guitar, vegetable gardening, cooking
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A Manifesto on Revolutionizing Capitalism
By: Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
In German, I just published, co-authored with Stephan Bannas, a booklet entitled 'Marktwirtschaft: Zu einer neuen Wirklichkeit. 30 Thesen zur Transformation unseres WIrtschaftssystems' ('Market Economy: Towards a New Reality. 30 Theses on Transforming Our Economic System'. The book contains a Manifesto with scientific commentary and a summary of practical measures.