Housing Policy between Science and Ideology

Ideology, science, and public policy.

I deologies—strong beliefs based on untestable assumptions—are the antithesis of science. Whether economic (the ‘‘invisible hand of the market’’ will solve social inequities ‘‘in the long run’’), religious (‘‘we’’ hold the sole truth of a divine entity), or political (our way is the best governance for assuring liberty and justice), these kinds of widespread beliefs are acceptable in individual...

Science, ideology and development:

The reasons why we as scholars prefer one paradigm to another are not only scientific but also ideological. It is suggested that pluralism should be discussed at the levels of theory of science, paradigms in economics and ideological orientations. Neoclassical economics is closely connected with logical positivism as a theory of science and is close to Neo-liberalism as an ideological orientati...

Science and ideology

More than 130 prominent Canadian physicians, scientists and public health professionals have endorsed this commentary. They are listed at: C ONSIDER THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHETICAL scenario. An innovative new intervention for people with diabetes is developed. Health Canada provides funding to a highly accomplished group of academic health scientists, who have no financial conflicts of interest with...

Housing and Monetary Policy

When you look back over the past half-century in the United States you see a remarkable secular change in the housing cycle. Most importantly, the volatility or average size of the fluctuations in residential construction declined. The change occurred in the early 1980s. For example, compare two periods, the first before the early 1980s and the second since the 1980s. In the earlier period the ...

Ideology, Sociological Theories, and Public Policy