IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/prg/jnlpol/v2001y2001i2id212.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ekonomická věda a hospodářská politika
[Economics and economic policy]

Author

Listed:
  • Radek Adamec

Abstract

The article is trying to introduce and defend the thesis that economic policy way not follow the theoretical foundations of economics but the development of economic theories from a number of reasons rather follows the practical outcomes of their "application" in economic policy than the opposite. The major criterion for the evaluation of an economic theory is it's success (or failure) when it can be seen as if it was "applied", i.e. only the potential of the application legitimises the economic theory (in opposite to "the empirical legality" in natural sciences) to becomes a popular and respected part of our scientific knowledge. Such an argument can provide, together with other methodological characteristics, an original insight into the evolution of economic knowledge from the point of view of the philosophy of science as well as it may serve for a self-reflection of the current state and method of the economic research.

Suggested Citation

  • Radek Adamec, 2001. "Ekonomická věda a hospodářská politika [Economics and economic policy]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2001(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2001:y:2001:i:2:id:212
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.212
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://polek.vse.cz/doi/10.18267/j.polek.212.html
    Download Restriction: free of charge
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.18267/j.polek.212?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2001:y:2001:i:2:id:212. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Stanislav Vojir (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/uevsecz.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.