Vom „klassischen Irrtum“ der Neoklassik: Kritische Anmerkungen zur Klassikeradaption im modernen Ökonomieverständnis

Abstract

"In the early economic writings economics is seen as an efficient tool to commit moral values. Nevertheless the modern interpretation of classical economists uses their ideas to line up a moral-free economic theory. In this way the modern interpretation of classical economic theory is based at least on three fundamental misunderstandings: first a historical misunderstanding, i.e. the belief, that classical economic theory is a result of a development from moral science to economic science, second a theoretical misunderstanding, i.e. the assumption, that classical economic theory is designed as a model for social structures in whole society, and third a conceptual misunderstanding, i.e. the opinion, that classical theory has sketched a normative ideal that should guide political rules. It can be shown, that none of these interpretations is actually based on classical theory." (author's abstract)