ecpolicyЭкономическая политикаEconomic Policy1994-51242411-2658Economic Policy10.18288/1994-5124-2021-1-104-123ecpolicy-101Research ArticleЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ МЕТОДОЛОГИЯECONOMIC METHODOLOGYГрехи упущения и практика экономической наукиSins of Omission and the Practice of EconomicsАкерлофДж.AkerlofJ. A.

Джордж Акерлоф, профессор

George Akerlof, professor

Джорджтаунский университетСоединённые Штаты АмерикиGeorgetown UniversityUnited States202128022021161104123Copyright © Акерлоф Д.A., 20212021Акерлоф Д.Akerlof J.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.ecpolicy.ru/jour/article/view/101

В работе выдвигается тезис о том, что экономика как научная дисциплина отдает предпочтение жесткости (hard/hardness) в ущерб мягкости (soft/softness). Эта предвзятость приводит к тому, что экономические исследования пренебрегают важными темами и проблемами, к которым трудно подойти «жестко», что порождает грехи упущения. Статья содержит аргументы в пользу пересмотра существующих правил публикации и карьерного продвижения в области экономической науки, а также убеждает в необходимости значительно повысить терпимость в вопросах публикации и продвижения — эта необходимость продиктована задачей ослабить узкие методологические предубеждения.

В работе выдвигается тезис о том, что экономика как научная дисциплина отдает предпочтение жесткости (hard/hardness) в ущерб мягкости (soft/softness). Эта предвзятость приводит к тому, что экономические исследования пренебрегают важными темами и проблемами, к которым трудно подойти «жестко», что порождает грехи упущения. Статья содержит аргументы в пользу пересмотра существующих правил публикации и карьерного продвижения в области экономической науки, а также убеждает в необходимости значительно повысить терпимость в вопросах публикации и продвижения — эта необходимость продиктована задачей ослабить узкие методологические предубеждения.

Статья опирается на результаты нашей совместной с Паскалем Мишайя работы, итоги которой под- ведены в статье [Akerlof, Michaillat, 2017]. Я особенно признателен Роберту Акерлофу, а также Хуэй Туну, Роберту Джонсону и моим коллегам Джеймсу Хекману (организатору), Ангусу Дитону, Дрю Фуденбергу и Ларсу Хансену — участникам обсуждений в ходе работы сессии Американской экономической ассоциа- ции «Публикация и продвижение в экономике: проклятие ведущей пятерки?» в январе 2017 года. Канад- ский институт перспективных исследований оказал этой работе неоценимую финансовую поддержку.ReferencesAkerlof G., Michaillat P. Beetles: Biased Promotions and Persistence of False Belief. NBER Working Paper, no. 23523, 2017.Akerlof G., Michaillat P. Beetles: Biased Promotions and Persistence of False Belief. NBER Working Paper, no. 23523, 2017.Akerlof G. A., Shiller R. J. Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2015.Akerlof G. 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