Economics
Larry Elliot: Even Amazon must heed the basic laws of economics and politics
Tech giant’s minimum wage rise more to do with looming labour shortage than philanthropy Read here
Economics
Economics
James Heckman and Sidharth Moktan – The Tyranny of the Top Five Economic Journals
Getting published in a top five economics journal is a near-requirement for tenure. But it’s a poor measure of research quality within a system that punishes creativity. James Heckman it the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Why Economists Disagree
If you are not an economist, this is a good introduction into political economy by Steve Keen. Steve Keen is Professor at Kingston University, London This first lecture for Kingston University’s introductory economics subject “Becoming […]
Economics
Lars P. Syll: Chicago economics — utterly and completely wrong
“Chicago economics is a dangerous pseudo-scientific zombie ideology that ultimately relies on the poor having to pay for the mistakes of the rich.” Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty of Education and […]
Economics
Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity
The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]
Economics
Positive Money – Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money, Part II: Money and Debt
This is the second in a series of blogs looking at the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and the proposals made by Positive Money. Rob Macquarie is an economist at Positive Money and leads its […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Hayekian communism
BRAVE NEW EUROPE does not cover China or Asia, but this piece by Branko Milanovic contains a number of intriguing thoughts, so we decided to break our own rules. Branko Milanovic is an economixt specialised […]
Economics
Talking Politics – Moneyland
Taklkng Politics speaks to Oliver Bullough about his acclaimed new book Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take it Back. Where is Moneyland? How did London become its capital? And will Brexit, or a Corbyn […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Germany: A renewed left as the imperative of political reason
Wolfgang Streeck is without doubt the foremost analyst of German politics and society. Germany´s post war political world is crumbling – and rather quickly. Streeck is one of the few who has recognised this, and […]
Economics
Steve Keen – How economics became a cult
Watch Steve Keen discuss how mainstream economics acts more like a cult than a science, how mathematics has been misused by the economic discipline, and how with the right tools a grad student can make […]