I guess that might be a question of how "orthodox" you want to be in
your definition of economics
broadly, Transcendentalism (T) was inspired by certain strands of Indian
philosophy both directly ... and indirectly (via the Romantic movement
in the UK and the Continent, for instance)
T contributed to the rise of the "green" movement, which is at least
partly responsible for current efforts to re-orient economics from the
purely mathematical to the broadly human, with impacts on related
fields, e.g., in the move towards "full environmental costs accounting"
(if I may call it that)
T has contributed also the revival of religion and spirituality in the
West, and so, e.g., to the thinking behind the book, Jubilee Manifesto
(edited by Michael Schluter and John Ashcroft) - which has chapters on
Economics, Finance, Welfare, Nationhood, Government and so on
however, when all that is put together, the influence of T on economics
(as it stands at present) is at some removes and of only marginal effect
at present, as far as I can intuit
but i will be pleased to be corrected by those more knowledgeable than
myself....
Prabhu Guptara
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