Category Archives: Academic Left

Self-proclaimed “Real World” Economists Here to Save Us

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Omahkohkiaaiipooyii

The message: from austerity to prosperity April 25, 2015Editor from Asad Zaman Modern history is largely driven by the battle of the rich (top 0.01%) against the masses (bottom 90%). Over the past few decades, the rich have been tremendously successful … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Left, Cultures of Narcissism, despotic academia, EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD | Leave a comment

The Fall And Rise Of U.S. Inequality, In 2 Graphs

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Omahkohkiaaiipooyii

The Fall And Rise Of U.S. Inequality, In 2 Graphs FEBRUARY 11, 2015 1:05 PM ET QUOCTRUNG BUI Twitter Since World War II, inequality in the U.S. has gone through two, dramatically different phases. In the first phase, known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Left, despotic academia, EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD, ideological classrooms, IMPERIAL HUBRIS AND HYPOCRISY, Imperial Impotence, Neoclassical and Neo-liberal Economics, REAL HISTORY UNCOVERED, Real World Economics, rise and fall of empires | Leave a comment

“On the use and misuse of theories and models in economics”

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Omahkohkiaaiipooyii

“Is there anything worth keeping in standard microeconomics?” April 14, 2015Edward Fullbrook from Edward Fullbrook For me three economists stand out historically as having been the most effective at building resistance to the dominance of scientism in economics.  Keynes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Left, Comparative Systems and Constitutions, Contradictions of U.S. Imperium, EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD, HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS, ideological classrooms, Neoclassical and Neo-liberal Economics, petit-bourgeois freedoms, Real World Economics, rise and fall of empires | Leave a comment