TY - JOUR AB - The aim of this paper is to show that there is need for revitalization of the normative branch of political economy. The first part of this paper will deal with some methodological reservations against a participation of economists in a rational discussion of normative issues. The second and third parts will outline the approaches and problems of two unconventional schools of thought in present‐day economics which make attempts to strive for a reconciliation of positive and normative economics. VL - 5 IS - 1 SN - 0828-8666 DO - 10.1108/eb006092 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006092 AU - Nienhaus Volker PY - 1989 Y1 - 1989/01/01 TI - Epistemology, Methodology and Economic Policy: Some Thoughts on Mainstream, Austrian and Islamic Economics T2 - Humanomics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 91 EP - 112 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -