However, the diagram still includes a few neoclassical schools on the right-hand side derived from Keynes for the sake of clarity, and also because I think that Abba Lerner, though he did make contributions to heterodox economics, essentially remained within the neoclassical tradition.
Strongly disagree on Lerner as essentially neoclassical. There should be an arrow from Keynes to him - Lerner attributed the main ideas of functional finance to Keynes. And from him to Minsky - Minsky characterized his relationship to Lerner as - "not quite a student" - obviously meaning it was not far from that.
ReplyDeleteI would probably put a link from the classical economists to Proudhon and then to Marx.
ReplyDeleteProudhon was a well known and respected socialist economist who -- wherever Marx would have liked to admit it or not -- had an influence on him. That Marx considered him a threat can be seen by the lengths he took to mock and discredit him in "The Poverty of Philosophy" (a work whose few serious points as lost are among the distortions Marx inflicts on his readers).
I should also note that Proudhon was considered important enough for Walras to write a book against him -- given that many Marxists assert that neo-classical economics was developed in response to Marx's work, this is ironic (and it should be noted that there is no evidence that any of the founders of neo-classical economics did do).
Anyway, here is my introduction to the anthology "Property is Theft!" which indicates why I think Proudhon should be included:
Introduction: General Idea of the Revolution in the 21st Century
As can be see, there is an appendix on Marx and Proudhon.
Iain
An Anarchist FAQ
Thanks for the comment, and I've done a revised diagram here:
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When this is ready you should put it up here:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodox_economics
An updated one for the Post-Keynesian page would be good too.
I hope this is the final version here:
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However, I've got no idea how to upload it to Wikipedia.