Almanac-2016. Economics of Vices and Virtues

Almanac of the Center for Economic Culture Research of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Saint Petersburg state University. 2016. Special issue “Economics of Vices and Virtues”

ISBN 978-5-93255-475-3

The Center for Economic Culture Research (CIEC) of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Saint Petersburg State University studies the relationship between Economics and Culture, or, in other words, the relationship of the economic structure with the political, social and cultural environment. In principle, the CEC does not associate itself with any one, only correct methodology, but is open to various approaches. Among the important tasks of the CEC is to create an interdisciplinary dialogue between economists, philosophers, sociologists and historians of different trends and views.

The relationship between Economics and Culture involves the inclusion of the following areas in the research agenda: criticism of the value bases and implicit assumptions of modern economic theory, the achievements of unorthodox economic thought (post-Keynesianism, Marxism, institutionalism), the study of Economics as a humanitarian discipline, the role of culture and values in economic development, the economic culture of countries and regions, the relationship between Economics and Religion, Economics and Art, philosophical and artistic reflection on the economy.