Similar or Different? A Comparison of Austrian and Feminist Economics

• Autorzy: Alicja Sielska , Arkadiusz Sieroń , Ryszard Jacek Kubisz

Warianty tytułu

Podobni czy różni? Porównanie ekonomii austriackiej i feministycznej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Some researchers, including Horwitz (1995), point out similarities between two heterodox schools of economic thought, viz. the Austrians and the feminists. These similarities include criticisms of neoclassical assumptions about the rationality of market participants, perfect competition, and the mathematization of economics. This paper, however, argues that these similarities are superficial, as there are numerous methodological differences between these two schools that have led to divergent views on such issues as the nature of orthodox economics and its research methods, subjectivity, utility functions and their interpersonal comparison, market competition, and gender discrimination in the labor market. It is contended that these differences are difficult to reconcile, making any rapprochement between the two schools unlikely. (original abstract)

Niektórzy badacze, w tym Horwitz (1995), wskazują na podobieństwa między dwiema heterodoksyjnymi szkołami myśli ekonomicznej: austriacką i feministyczną. Obejmują one krytykę neoklasycznych założeń dotyczących racjonalności uczestników rynku, doskonałej konkurencji i matematyzacji ekonomii. Twierdzimy jednak, że podobieństwa te są powierzchowne, ponieważ istnieje wiele różnic metodologicznych między tymi dwiema szkołami, które doprowadziły do rozbieżnych poglądów na takie kwestie jak natura ortodoksyjnej ekonomii i jej metod badawczych, subiektywność, funkcje użyteczności i ich interpersonalne porównania, konkurencja rynkowa czy dyskryminacja płciowa na rynku pracy. Uważamy, że różnice te byłyby trudne do pogodzenia, przez co zbliżenie między obiema szkołami jest mało prawdopodobne. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economics; Austrian School; Feminist economics

PL

Ekonomia; Austriacka szkoła ekonomii; Ekonomia feministyczna

• Czasopismo: Ekonomista
• Rocznik: 2024
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 54--72

Twórcy

autor

Alicja Sielska

• University of Wrocław; University of New York

autor

Arkadiusz Sieroń

• University of Wrocław

autor

Ryszard Jacek Kubisz

• University of Wrocław

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DOI

10.52335/ekon/174963