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Roos and Hoffart provide a justification for their call for more research more pluralism in climate economics. They argue that economists have both a social and a professional academic responsibility to address climate change. Starting with the responsibility of science in general, these responsibilities are derived from the goals of science. The chapter offers a much-needed discussion on the role and responsibility of economists, which the authors link to a general crisis of responsibility associated with climate change. Considering the urgency of climate change, it is problematic to deny these responsibilities. The general practice of mainstream economics results in serious conflicts with economists’ academic responsibility and points to the bad state of neoclassical economics concerning the good practice of science.

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    English: escape from responsibility.

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    Or reliable knowledge.

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    The main German research funding organisation.

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    These arguments are developed based on earlier work from Roos (2016).

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Roos, M., Hoffart, F.M. (2021). Climate Change and Responsibility. In: Climate Economics. Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48423-1_6

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