Category Archives: EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The Teaching of Economics in Crisis
The teaching of economics is in crisis. November 24, 2014 An international student call for pluralism in economics It is not only the world economy that is in crisis. The teaching of economics is in crisis too, and this crisis has consequences far … Continue reading
20 Graphs Showing Inequality in the USA
20 graphs showing inequality in the USA April 7, 2011 Below are 20 graphs from The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequalityshowing inequality, and in the main increasing inequality, in the United States. Clicking on any graph will take you … Continue reading
Modern Econometrics: A Mixture of Metaphysics and Bluff
Modern econometrics — a mixture of metaphysics and bluff November 16, 2014 from Lars Syll [Haavelmo’s] effort to create foundations for the probability approach in econometrics finally results in an inconsistent set of claims in its defence. First, there are vast amounts … Continue reading
MSE (“Mainstream” Economics) What is “True” is not New, What is “New” is not True: Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Despotism
Abraham Lincoln and the road to despotism November 14, 2014 from David Ruccio It is a glaring omission in his otherwise remarkable discussion of the relationship between Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln, An Unfinished Revolution, that Robin Blackburn neither discusses nor does he include … Continue reading
The [US] Top 0.1% Overtaking the Bottom 90%
Home > upward income and wealth redistribution > The top 0.1% is overtaking the bottom 90% The top 0.1% is overtaking the bottom 90% November 13, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio This chart is another illustration of the report I discussed a couple … Continue reading
The Stratfor Emails: Revealing of the Real ‘Quality’ of Some Supposed ‘Strategic’ ‘Thinkers and Forecasters’
THE STRATFOR EMAILS: KARMA TIME–SO AS YE HACK AND LEAK SO SHALL YE BE HACKED AND LEAKED AGAINST Introduction to the Stratfor Memos by Jim Craven/Omahkohkiaaiipooyii In these memos, just as in the documents of the Pentagon Papers, are a … Continue reading
Rethinking Economics Pedagogy and Textbooks: WEA Approach
Rethinking economics pedagogy and textbooks: the new WEA online platform November 5, 2014 from Maria Alejandra Madi and the WEA Pedagogy Blog In 2011, Edward Fullbrook, writing on Toxic Textbooks, pointed out that “No discipline has ever experienced systemic failure on the scale that economics … Continue reading