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Model Platonism: Neoclassical Economic Thought in Critical Light


Frank P. Maier-Rigaud


IESEG School of Management, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods; Lille - Economics & Management (LEM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Competition Division; European Commission, DG Competition; Laboratory for Experimental Economics, University of Bonn; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Darrell Arnold


St. Thomas University

March 2, 2012

Journal of Institutional Economics, 2012, Vol. 8(3), 295-323

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This article is a translation of the original German text of Hans Albert’s 1963 article titled ‘Modell-Platonismus. Der neoklassische Stil des ökonomischen Denkens in kritischer Beleuchtung’, in F. Karrenberg and H. Albert (eds.), Sozialwissenschaft und Gesellschaftsgestaltung – Festschrift fuür Gerhard Weisser, Berlin: Duncker und Humblot, 45–76. The enduring relevance of Hans Albert’s critique together with an introduction to the author as one of Germanys most distinguished philosophers of science can be found in Arnold and Maier-Rigaud (2012) at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2014692.

The original text from 1963 does not contain an abstract.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 29

Keywords: model Platonism, economic methodology, neoclassical economics, institutional economics, bounded rationality, failure of economics

JEL Classification: A11, B4

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Date posted: March 6, 2012 ; Last revised: August 3, 2012

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Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. and Arnold, Darrell, Model Platonism: Neoclassical Economic Thought in Critical Light (March 2, 2012). Journal of Institutional Economics, 2012, Vol. 8(3), 295-323. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2014687

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Frank P. Maier-Rigaud (Contact Author)
IESEG School of Management, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods ( email )
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St. Thomas University ( email )
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