CHAOS IN BASICS OF ECONOMICS (ABOUT AMBIGUITY OF THE TERMS 'POSITIVE ECONOMICS' AND 'NORMATIVE ECONOMICS') (Chaos u podstaw ekonomii (o wieloznacznosci terminow 'ekonomia pozytywna' i 'ekonomia normatywna'))

• Authors: Czarny Boguslaw
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In this article I want to show the ambiguity of the popular division of economics: 'positive economics' and 'normative economics'. In my opinion economists interpret the meaning of these terms in different ways. At the beginning I present the criteria of distinguishing 'positive economics' from 'normative economics', which are often used by different groups of contemporary economists. Then I create a typology of different meanings of these terms used by the economists. Finally, I quote different economists who use these terms in different meanings. This way I present the ambiguities in economists' language. I conclude by indicating the damage caused by the ambiguity of the discussed classification. It can be the cause of unsolved arguments that unnecessarily involve participants' time and effort.

Keywords

EN

ECONOMIC THEORY; NORMATIVE ECONOMICS; POSITIVE ECONOMICS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Ekonomia. Rynek, Gospodarka, Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 75-90
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Czarny Boguslaw

• Czarny Boguslaw, Szkola Glowna Handlowa; Al. Niepodleglosci 164; 02-554 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA102615