ABSTRACT
The chapter addresses two aspects that are normally neglected in the pluralism debate in economics: first, the political-historical context of the current change processes in economics in the highly dynamic phase of political and economic restructuring after the financial crisis; second, the issue of strategy and realistic possibilities for a transformation of economics. The paper makes use of Gramscian concepts to analyse the current change processes in economics and the potentials of “pluralist economics” to overcome the hegemony of the mainstream. My central thesis is that pluralism is a necessary, but not sufficient, demand for a comprehensive transformation of economics.
