Politics, Economics, and Politics Again
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 597-611
ISSN: 0022-3816
In a reevaluation of the meaning of politics, it is argued that while economics contains theory & language that can facilitate an understanding of the public interest, it does not provide an escape from political disagreement, whether based on inevitable differences of interest or belief, or on self-serving efforts to advance one cause at the expense of another. As a language of discourse, economics is shown to be compatible with a broader conception of human nature than is sometimes claimed by its practitioners or acknowledged by its critics. 53 References. Adapted from the source document.