Category Archives: despotic academia
“Sack the Economists”
“Sack the Economists” December 7, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Geoff Davies Non-mainstream economists are all-too aware of the failure of mainstream economists to anticipate, let alone avoid, the Global Financial Crisis and the ensuing Great Recession. The mainstream profession is … Continue reading
Six Things Nelson Mandela Believed That Most People Won’t Talk About
Six Things Nelson Mandela Believed That Most People Won’t Talk About By Aviva Shen and Judd Legum on December 6, 2013 at 10:11 am Share: Share on facebook Share on google_plusone_share Share on email CREDIT: AP – In the desire to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s life — … Continue reading
Tis the Season–For Inequality
‘Tis the season—for inequality December 6, 2013David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio USA Pope Francis challenged the theory of trickledown economics. Now, President Obama has announced his intention to focus on the problem of inequality. On my reading, Obama’s speech borrows … Continue reading
Why Do People Waste Time on Worthless Economic Forecasting?
Why do people waste time on worthless economic forecasting? December 1, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll The other day yours truly was interviewed by a public radio journalist working on a series onGreat Economic Thinkers. We were discussing the monumental … Continue reading
West Point Cadet Quits Military Academy Because of Pervasive Christian Evangelism
West Point cadet quits military academy because of pervasive Christian evangelism By The Christian Science Monitor Saturday, December 8, 2012 10:00 EST When Blake Page announced this week that he was quitting West Point a few months before graduation, citing … Continue reading
What is Neoclassical Economics?
post-autistic economics review Issue no. 38, 1 July 2006 article 1 What Is Neoclassical Economics? The three axioms responsible for its theoretical oeuvre, practical irrelevance and, thus, discursive power Christian Arnsperger (University of Louvain, Belgium) Yanis Varoufakis (University of Athens,Greece) © Copyright: Christian Arnsperger and Yanis Varoufakis 2006 1. Introduction … Continue reading
25 Graphics Showing the Upward Redistribution of Income and Wealth in the USA Since 1979
25 graphics showing upward redistribution of income and wealth in USA since 1979 February 25, 2011David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio I assemble a presentation on inequality on a regular basis for my Principles of Microeconomics course. Here … Continue reading