Bronk, Richard


Mr Richard Bronk  

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Position held

European Institute

Visiting Fellow - European Political Economy

Experience keywords:

political economy; models of capitalism; history of ideas; philosophy of economics; EU enlargement

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Richard Bronk is author of two books: "Progress and the Invisible Hand - the Philosophy and Economics of Human Advance" (Little Brown, 1998); and "The Romantic Economist - Imagination in Economics" (Cambridge University Press, 2009). His research interests now centre on the role of imagination, language and metaphor in economics, the dangers of economic monoculture, and the epistemology of markets.

His approach to philosophy of economics is grounded both in a history of ideas perspective and in his practical experience in markets and economic policy. He is currently working on the relationship between creativity and uncertainty.

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2013

Bronk, Richard (2013) Hayek on the wisdom of prices: a reassessment. Erasmus journal for philosophy and economics, 6 (1). pp. 82-107. ISSN 1876-9098

2011

Bronk, Richard (2011) Epistemological difficulties with neoclassical economics. In:Southern Economic Association 2011 (19th-21st November 2011 : Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC).

Bronk, Richard (2011) Uncertainty, modelling monocultures and the financial crisis. The business economist, 42 (2). pp. 5-18. ISSN 0306-5049

2010

Bronk, Richard (2010) The structuring role of metaphors and models. In: Skidelsky, Robert and Wigstrom, Christian Westerlind, (eds.) The economic crisis and the state of economics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, pp. 101-110. ISBN 9780230102545

2009

Bronk, Richard (2009) The romantic economist: imagination in economics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521513845

Bronk, Richard (2009) Book review: animal spirits: how human psychology drives the economy and why it matters for global capitalism, by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller. The business economist, 40 (2). ISSN 0306-5049

Bronk, Richard (2009) The romantic economist on "The nature of technology", a guest review [book review]. http://blog.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog

Bronk, Richard (2009) Book review: 'the nature of technology - what it is and how it evolves' by W. Brian Arthur. The business economist, 40 (3). ISSN 0306-5049

Bronk, Richard (2009) The romantic economist on animal spirits – a guest review [book review]. http://blog.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog

2002

Bronk, Richard (2002) Commitment and credibility: EU conditionality and interim gains. European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2000

Bronk, Richard (2000) Which model of capitalism? OECD Observer, (221/22). pp. 12-15. ISSN 0029-7054

Bronk, Richard (2000) Errors of the enlightenment. European business forum, (2). ISSN 1469-6460

1998

Bronk, Richard (1998) Progress and the invisible hand: the philosophy and economics of human advance. Little Brown, London, UK. ISBN 0751526606

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My new book, The Romantic Economist - Imagination in Economics, was published by Cambridge University Press in February 2009.

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