Whither Economics?
15 February 2010
Panel discussion and workshop of the Cluster of Excellence on the direction of research in economics, 18-19 February, 2010
Is economics living up to its social responsibility or is it neglecting the contribution it should make to solving problems of economic policy? These are among the questions which will be addressed by a workshop and following panel discussion under the heading ‘Norms in Economics – Norms of the Economic Curriculum’.
The background of the event is formed by a current controversy in German economics between the representatives of classical ‘economic policy’ and the proponents of Anglo-American ‘macroeconomics’. Within the framework of the workshop, the theoretical foundations of this ongoing methodological dispute concerning the direction of research in economics will first be examined under the guidance of Prof. Caspari (TU Darmstadt) and Prof. Schefold (Goethe University Frankfurt). Following this the debate will be presented to a wider audience in a public panel discussion.
The workshop will be opened by Prof. Rainer Klump, Vice President of the Goethe University and himself an economist. In the subsequent panel discussion proponents of the opposing positions will engage in debate over the direction of research on economic policy and over appropriate methods and international standards in economics. The panel, to be moderated by Gerald Braunberger (FAZ), will include: Prof. Rüdiger Bachman (University of Michigan), Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln (Goethe University Frankfurt), Prof. Bert Rürup (Emeritus Professor of the TU Darmstadt, Adviser of the German Federal Government), Prof. Roland Vaupel (University of Mannheim) and Prof. Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (Emeritus Professor of the University of Cologne and Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn).
Information and reservation: Matthias Lenning, Cluster of Excellence ‘The Formation of Normative Orders’, tel.: (069) 798-34717, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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