Science and the Economic Crisis by Francesco Sylos Labini

Author:Francesco Sylos Labini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

In short, there is no need to invoke sophisticated psychological reasons or even guilt—feelings and the reality is much simpler: economic policies, as always, benefit some and disadvantage others. Those who have an interest in pursuing austerity policies have the ability to influence the government’s choices and have protected and encouraged those who argued, in academia, in favor of this policy. In this way the hegemony in academia and politics becomes cultural hegemony in the society. As a result of this cultural hegemony exercised in academia, in the media and then in politics, intellectual and cultural references different from those of the dominant economic paradigm have been marginalized. Therefore, the mainstream view plays the role of being the only possible thought.

Thus, in the overall political confusion in which we are living, the right-wing economic ideas have permeated the social democratic parties across Europe, and a policy now devoid of ideas and content adopts the neo-liberal dogma as the only possible solution. As an example of this situation, we will discuss in the fourth chapter that science policy in Europe, both within countries and at EU level, has been largely shaped by the same ideology.

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