PERI - Professional Ethics 101: A Reply to Anne Krueger's Review of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics

January 31, 2018 | Commentary

Intro Text: >> Read Article >> Listen to podcast related to this article. Abstract The present authors are the editors of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016). The volume was reviewed in 2017 by Anne Krueger in the Journal of Economic Literature. The review was negative. It misrepresented the book quite badly, both in the number of misrepresentations and the degree of several of them. The misrepresentations have certain patterns. We speculate on what went wrong. We suggest that the review itself emblematizes the concern of the book, the ethical self-consciousness of the economics profession. >> PERI's Gerald Epstein wrote a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016). Click here for link to Considerations of Conflict of Interest in Academic Economics.
Type of publication: Commentary
Research or In The Media: Commentary
Research Area: Finance, Jobs & Macroeconomics
Publication Date: 2018-01-31
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Abstract

The present authors are the editors of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016). The volume was reviewed in 2017 by Anne Krueger in the Journal of Economic Literature. The review was negative. It misrepresented the book quite badly, both in the number of misrepresentations and the degree of several of them. The misrepresentations have certain patterns. We speculate on what went wrong. We suggest that the review itself emblematizes the concern of the book, the ethical self-consciousness of the economics profession.

>> PERI's Gerald Epstein wrote a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016). Click here for link to Considerations of Conflict of Interest in Academic Economics.