[PEN-L:9386] socio-economics?

[James Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

there's some sort of distinction between "socio-economics" (Etzioni) and
social economics (the REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS). To make things worse,
there are several flavors of institutional economics, which is very similar
to social economics. If any one knows what the differences are between
these different visions of economics, I for one would like to be informed.
(beyond the fact that Etzioni is a self-promoting conservative.) In the
meantime, there's a group called ICARE which is trying to unite all of the
non-mainstream versions of economics, mostly those on the liberal to left
side of the spectrum. I wish them luck, if only to clarify what all this
social or institutional economics means. The neoclassicals are lucky that
they have a clear and unified definition, with a clear split (Chicago vs.
non-Chicago).


Jim Devine   jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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"A society is rich when material goods, including capital,
are cheap, and human beings dear."  -- R.H. Tawney.