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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access published online on February 25, 2008
Cambridge Journal of Economics, doi:10.1093/cje/bem058
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.

Explaining modern economics (as a microcosm of society)

Vinca Bigo*

* University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Address for correspondence: 34 Water House, Water Lane, Cambridge CB4 1XZ, UK; email: vb243{at}cam.ac.uk

The persistence of mainstream economists with methods of mathematical-deductive modelling that, most agree, do not perform well is something of a puzzle. Here I show this phenomenon to be a special case of (gendered) tendencies in play in society at large, and I offer a psychological explanation.

Key Words: Epistemology • Mainstream economics • Object relations theory • Ontology • Psychoanalysis

JEL classification: A14, B41, B54, Z13

Manuscript received November 13, 2006; final version received July 18, 2007.


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