Category Archives: EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Noam Chomsky: MEDIA CONTROL and INDOCTRINATION in the United States

Noam Chomsky : MEDIA CONTROL and INDOCTRINATION in the United States “America is the only country in which so many people believe their country was created perfect, yet still strives for improvement.” Richard Hofstadter, Historian, Post Categories: Canada Noam Chomsky … Continue reading →

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Transmogrification of Truth in Economics Textbooks: Expected Utility Theory

Transmogrification of truth in economics textbooks — expected utility theory November 19, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll Although the expected utility theory is obviously both theoretically and descriptively inadequate, colleagues and microeconomics textbook writers all over the world gladly … Continue reading →

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Paul Sweezy in 1982 on Secular Stagnation

Paul Sweezy in 1982 on secular stagnation November 17, 2013merijnknibbeLeave a commentGo to comments ‘Secular stagnation’ is the talk of the town at the moment. It was one of the mayor interests of Paul Sweezy. Here, part of a 1982 lecture with a … Continue reading →

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On the Ideological Hegemony and Folly of “Mainstream” Economics

Simon Wren-Lewis’s attempt at rescuing rational expectations — an unmitigated failure November 11, 2013EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll     If at some time my skeleton should come to be used by a teacher of osteology to illustrate his lectures, will … Continue reading →

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