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A paradigmatic change is needed for understanding the real market

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Economics in China has been neoclassicalized in the past few decades. In this article, I argue that neoclassical economics is not a good theory of the market. It misleads both economists and government in understanding the economic issues. China is particularly vulnerable to its defects. In contrast, the Austrian School of economics is a better theory of the market since it studies the real market, not an imaginary market. The most important difference between the two economics paradigms is their understandings of the entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is missed in neoclassical economics. In the Austrian School economics and Schumpeterian economics, entrepreneurship is the soul of the market. The paradigm shift of economics is urgently needed but it will be a slow process. Chinese economists should play a role in this transformation.

Zhang, Weiying

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Peking Univ, Natl Sch Econ, Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China

2021

China Economic Review

China Economic Review

SSCI
ISSN:1043-951X
年,卷(期):2021.66
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