ABSTRACT
In this chapter we develop the Hegelian principles of economics. These are derived from Hegel’s general theoretical stance and seem to be of sufficient generality to guide economic theorizing today. As such, they could be put on a par with other basic strategic values of economic research, such as the principle of methodological individualism. This principle is also not an economic proposition per se, but shapes all further economic inquiry. Similarly, we propose three Hegelian principles that could guide the construction of economic theories, but which are, in fact, philosophical heuristics. We believe that these principles are particularly well suited to lay the ontological and epistemological foundations for contemporary economics.
