Category Archives: despotic academia
The ‘Scientific’ Attitude of Modern Economists–Decidedly Unscientific
The ‘scientific’ attitude of modern economists — decidedly unscientific December 5, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll Paul Krugman writes on his blog today re economic models: Look, economics is about how people (the word “agents” is itself a kind of tribal marker) … Continue reading
Decline if the American Imperium (in numbers)
39 country chart of life expectancy and health spending per captia November 27, 2013David F. Ruccio2 comments from David Ruccio The Wall Street Journal notes that rising inequality may pose a problem—because of issues like fairness, political dysfunction, and financial instability. Read more…
Japanese Senator: “The Path That Japan is Taking is the Recreation of a Fascist State”
Japanese Senator: “The Path That Japan Is Taking Is The Recreation Of A Fascist State” Posted on November 30, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog Japanese (And American) Governments Go to Extreme Lengths to Cover Up Their Mess Japan and the U.S. are doing everything they can … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky and the Willful Ignorance of 9/11
Noam Chomsky and the Willful Ignorance of 9/11 Post Categories: Debate Kevin Ryan | Sunday, December 1, 2013, 19:47 Beijing Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printShare on gmailShare on stumbleuponShare on favoritesMore Sharing Services0Print In response to … Continue reading
The REAL Story of Thanksgiving: Introduction for Teachers
The REAL Story of Thanksgiving Introduction for Teachers The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story THE REAL STORY OF THANKSGIVING by Susan Bates http://www.manataka.org/page269.html Most of us associate the holiday with happy Pilgrims and Indians sitting down to a big feast. And that did … Continue reading
Issues in Methodology and Epistemology in Economics and the Social Sciences
Tony Lawson has changed our conversation November 26, 2013Edward FullbrookLeave a commentGo to comments from Edward Fullbrook The case for Lawson’s significance that I argued five years ago and appears below seems to me even truer today. Tony Lawson has become a … Continue reading
Don’t Ask an Economist…
“Don’t ask an economist.” from Edward Fullbrook Last year at a cocktail party at an IDEAs’s conference in India I was introduced to the recently retired editor of a leading Indian newspaper. When he asked me what newspapers I read regularly and … Continue reading