What is the relation between monetary policy and inequalities in income and wealth? This
question has received insufficient attention, especially in light of the unconventional policies …

This essay is a review of the recent literature on the methodology of economics, with a focus
on three broad trends that have defined the core lines of research within the discipline …

Approximately one in six top economic research papers draws an explicitly causal
conclusion. But what do economists mean when they conclude that A 'causes' B? Does …

Blaming teachers and schools for perceived or actual educational failures are popular
tropes for justifying educational reforms in the United States. Critical educational research …

In this article, I offer a methodological analysis of the empirical research on the causal effects
of trade liberalisation, and assess whether such studies can be of any use for guiding policy …

The most common way of analysing the meaning of causal generalisations relies on
referentialist semantics. In this article, we instead develop an analysis based on inferentialist …

The present dissertation is an attempt to begin providing a philosophical account of the
practical relevance of causal knowledge in economics. The focus is on the notions of …

What are the roles of scientific causal knowledge in relation to the evidential requirements of
policy making? In this chapter, I review the existing approaches in philosophy of science to …

The main aim of my article is indicating the unsolved research problems connected to
causation in the area of the philosophy of economics. First, I briefly define causation and …

As economics became a model-based science, ontological nature, cognitive status, and
practical uses of economic models came under the spotlight of philosophers of economics …