Whither economics imperialism? Debating Ambrosino, Cedrini and Davis

Heisse, Christiane

Abstract

This paper comments on “Today’s economics: one, no one and one hundred thousand,” published recently in EJHET. The original paper offers a welcome discussion of economics imperialism in the recent and contemporary history of economic thought. This response critically interrogates three of its main ideas, that: (i) economics imperialism is a bygone era; (ii) economics experienced a phase of reverse imperialisms; and (iii) economics has therefore become truly pluralist and welcoming of heterodoxy. Drawing on Ben Fine’s theoretical framework and the example of natural capital, I argue that economics imperialism is alive and well, if under the guise of interdisciplinarity.

Citation

Heisse, C. (2025). Whither economics imperialism? Debating Ambrosino, Cedrini and Davis. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672567.2024.2433980

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 4, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Dec 10, 2024
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 15, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 15, 2025
• Journal: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
• Print ISSN: 09672567
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 136-156
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09672567.2024.2433980
• Keywords: Economics imperialism, natural capital, interdisciplinarity, pluralism, heterodoxy
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09672567.2024.2433980