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Tony Lawson is Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
Interviewer: Dr. Ivano Cardinale
Production: Dr. Ricardo Leizaola
Interview date: 25 September 2017
Place: Emmanuel College, Cambridge
The excerpts of this video are highlights of the discussion that run for over an hour.
The topics discussed in the video include:
- The current state of economics
- The nature of social reality
- Social ontology and mathematical modeling
- Social ontology and the history of economic thought
Research Master in Philosophy and Economics: https://www.eur.nl/fw/english/education/philosophy_and_economics/ at the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE): https://www.eur.nl/fw/english/eipe/ Faculty of Philosophy: https://www.eur.nl/fw/english/ Erasmus University Rotterdam. Video by: Stefan de Graaff.
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