Abstract

The Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics interviewed Jack Vromen about becoming a philosopher of economics, his interest in evolution and its relation to economics, and the role he has played in the formation of EIPE, a major centre for the study of philosophy of economics. In this interview Vromen explains why he believes biology is a discipline much closer to economics than many economists realize, why the concept of evolution is important for understanding economic processes and for the economic discipline, and also why evolutionary economics never became mainstream when many believed that it would.