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Economics has become extremely influential as a way we think about the world. Economic science and its highly sophisticated use of mathematics and statistics has become an experts’ discourse: one which provides a crucial context for governing our societies, while remaining ever more incomprehensible and esoteric for many of us. Whether speaking of the government of the state, the corporation, the public sector, or of the self, economic reasoning today is a crucial mode of thinking.
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Bek-Thomsen, J., Christiansen, C.O., Jacobsen, S.G., Thorup, M. (2017). Introduction. In: Bek-Thomsen, J., Christiansen, C., Gaarsmand Jacobsen, S., Thorup, M. (eds) History of Economic Rationalities. Ethical Economy, vol 54. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52815-1_1
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