Zwan, A. van der, 150, 315
Zwezerijnen, 315, 316, 318
End notes
[ [1] Greek ‘oikos’ = ‘estate, house’, ‘nomos’ = ‘law, custom’ and ‘polis’ = ‘city, community’. The Dutch word for ‘political economy’ is ‘staathuishoudkunde’ - with ‘kunde’ = ‘theory and art’ and ‘huishouden’ = ‘home maintenance’ (with ‘huishoudster’ = ‘cleaning lady’). See chapter 7 below and the appendix on the definition of ‘economics’.
[ [2] Gould (1980) recalls that Charles Darwin was also inspired by Adam Smith.
[ [3] An example is the debate between Heilbroner and Dasgupta, see P. Dasgupta (1998). Heilbroner regards ‘economics’ as Political Economy only, and hence neglects the other fields of economics. Dasgupta emphasises the validity of normal economics, and replies: “Economics does not encompass the whole of the social and moral sciences.” His argument apparently is that science arises from cutting up knowledge in specific approaches. But this neglects the problem of integration.
[ [4] The Economist February 19 2000 (p74) gives a review of Mancur Olson “Power and prosperity” (2000) that develops the same line of thought.
[ [5] Though I might remark that ‘management’ itself already implies some influence of some people on others - it is a recipe for stress if there would be responsibility but no influence.
[6] Holland: Centraal Planbureau (Central Planning Bureau, CPB), France: Commissariat du Plan, Germany: Sachverständigenrat. The UK apparently relies on the Treasury.