[PEN-L:9388] Re: socio-economics?

["Max B. Sawicky" <maxsaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From:          James Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject:       [PEN-L:9386] socio-economics?

> 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.) . . .

It's not clear to me that Etzioni has any particular vision of
economics, though I would be happy to be educated on this
score.  He looks mostly like an entrepreneur trying to sell a
new ideological product, which as you say is basically a new strain
of centrism/conservatism.

MBS

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