Imagination in Economics

Academic papers and monographs of Richard Bronk and co-authors 

(Titles with hyperlinks for downloads in purple)

Bronk, Richard and Jens Beckert (2022).

The instability of preferences: uncertain futures and the incommensurable and intersubjective nature of value(s).

MPIfG Discussion Papers (22/01). Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany.


Bronk, Richard (2021).

Models, Uncertainty and Imagination in Economics.

In The New platform papers:  What future for the arts in a post-pandemic world, volume 1: Imagination, the arts and economics. Currency House. ISBN 9780648426561


Bronk, Richard (2021).

Book review: 'Prosperity: Better Business Makes the Greater Good', by Colin Mayer.

Society of Professional Economists.


Bronk, Richard and Wade Jacoby (2020). 

The epistemics of populism and the politics of uncertainty

LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series (152/2020). London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.


Bronk, Richard and Jens Beckert (2019). 

Uncertain futures: imaginaries, narratives and calculative technologies.

MPIfG Discussion Papers (19/10). Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany.


Bronk, Richard (2017). 

Book review: 'Cents and sensibility: what economics can learn from the humanities', by Gary Saul Morson and Morton Shapiro.

Society of Professional Economists.


Bronk, Richard and Wade Jacoby (2016).

Uncertainty and the dangers of monocultures in regulation, analysis, and practice

MPIfG Discussion Papers (16/6). Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany.


Bronk, Richard (2013).  

Reflexivity unpacked: performativity, uncertainty and analytical monocultures

Journal of Economic Methodology, 20 (4). pp. 343-349. ISSN 1350-178x



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


Bronk, Richard and Wade Jacoby (2013).

Avoiding monocultures in the European Union: the case for the mutual recognition of difference in conditions of uncertainty.  

LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series (67/2013). London School of Economics and Political Science, London. UK.


Bronk, Richard (2011).  

Uncertainty, modelling monocultures and the financial crisis

Business Economist, 42 (2). pp. 5-18. ISSN-0306-5049


Bronk, Richard (2011).  

Epistemological difficulties with neoclassical economics

In: Southern Economic Association 2011, 2011-11-19 - 2011-11-21. (Conference paper as submitted)


Bronk, Richard (2009).  

Book review: 'The nature of technology - what it is and how it evolves', by W. Brian Arthur.

Business Economist, 40 (3). ISSN-0306-5049


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.

Business Economist, 40 (2). ISSN-0306-5049


Bronk, Richard (2002).  

Commitment and credibility: EU conditionality and interim gains

European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.


Bronk, Richard (2000). 

Errors of the enlightenment. 

European Business Forum (2). p. 22. ISSN-1469-6460


Bronk, Richard (2000).  

Which model of capitalism?  

OECD Observer (221/22). pp. 12-15. ISSN-0029-7054

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