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Wie krank ist unser Wirtschaftssystem? Krisen als Krankheiten im ökonomischen Diskurs

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  • Pühringer, Stephan
  • Egger, Judith

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Dieser Beitrag zeigt auf Basis einer Diskurs- und Metaphernanalyse des öffentlichen Diskurses von ÖkonomInnen zur Finanzkrise, dass hier Krankheitsmetaphern eine zentrale Bedeutung zukommen. Die Metapher der Krankheit impliziert die Vorstellung eines gesunden Normalzustandes der Wirtschaft, der als erstrebenswert bzw. wiederherstellenswürdig erscheint. Die Suggestion, dass die Krise von außen verursacht (eine "Infektion") sei, ist eine spezifische Interpretation der Krise, die grundsätzlichen Zweifel am bestehenden (Finanz-)Kapitalismus kategorisch ausschließt. Krankheitsmetaphern können vielmehr als implizite politische Forderung interpretiert werden, wirksame Korrekturmaßnahmen zu suchen, um diese Störungen oder Infektionen rasch los zu werden bzw. heilen zu können, um dann schnell wieder zum "Normalzustand" funktionierender Marktmechanismen zurückkehren zu können.

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  • Pühringer, Stephan & Egger, Judith, 2016. "Wie krank ist unser Wirtschaftssystem? Krisen als Krankheiten im ökonomischen Diskurs," Working Paper Serie des Instituts für Ökonomie Ök-21, Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung (HfGG), Institut für Ökonomie.
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    Keywords

    Metaphernanalyse; ÖkonomInnendiskurs; Krisen als Krankheiten; Finanzkrise;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
    • B49 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Other

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