Economics in its interdisciplinary context at the BOKU
Abstract
Economics deals with the question of how resources are used in production and distribution to provide people with what need. According to the prevailing paradigm, people's preferences and initial endowment are taken as given, so that the discipline can concentrate entirely on questions of efficiency in resource allocation. Scarcities are signaled by – if given – prices, so that the use of resources allocation as well as technology development reacts accordingly. This approach is met with great scepticism by many students and teachers in other disciplines. Objections to this arise partly because of misunderstandings, often stubbornly upheld, but also because of implicitly different, while mostly unexplained, epistemological foundations. Questions must be asked about what economics may reasonably claim as its specific contribution to an interdisciplinary context, in particular within the scope of BOKU's mandate in teaching and research. This is to be seen as prerequisites for appropriate discourse within BOKU and towards society in general.
keywords Economics Philosopy of Science Interdisciplinarity
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Martin Kniepert
Dipl.-Volkswirt Dr. Martin Kniepert
martin.kniepert@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73122
BOKU Project Leader
01.04.2023 - 29.02.2024