Institutionelle Verstetigung von paradigmatischer Ausrichtung: Das Beispiel Sachverständigenrat

In: Prokla: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Band 41, Heft 164

Abstract

A central criticism of economics is that there exists a determinate, relatively monolithic approach: mainstream economics. A representative example is the "German Council of Economic Experts" (Expert Councilfor the Assessment of the Macroeconomic Development, Sachverständigenrat, SVR) withfour mainstream members plus one dissenter, a "4 :1" quota with institutionalized minorityrecognition. In this article we ask from a sociological and especially from a performative pointof view whether this quota will be reflected in the annual reports of SVR and whether it canbe found in structures in the scientific field as well, especially in textbooks and in appointmentpractices of its members.