Empowering young people: Powerful knowledge in economics
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.4216
Abstract: Powerful knowledge in school economics is conceptualised as the blending of economics knowledge arising from grasping threshold concepts with expressions of disciplinary thinking in terms of the powers or capabilities that this knowledge can provide… read more here.
Keywords: economics; school economics; knowledge; powerful knowledge ... See more keywords
Ethics, Economics, and the Specter of Naturalism: The Enduring Relevance of the Harmony Doctrine School of Economics
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04819-y
Abstract: This article revisits the "harmony doctrine" school of economics (1835–1860) and its distinctive understanding of how ethics and economics intersect. Harmony doctrine thinkers staked out a “natural” understanding of economic phenomena that in many ways… read more here.
Keywords: harmony doctrine; economics; doctrine school; school economics ... See more keywords
Determinism, free will, and the Austrian School of Economics
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DOI: 10.1080/1350178x.2021.1926528
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this paper I analyse the problem of free will and determinism as it pertains to the Austrian School of Economics. I demonstrate that despite the fact they subscribe to the concept of causality,… read more here.
Keywords: austrian school; determinism free; economics; school economics ... See more keywords