Category Archives: ideological classrooms
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
Empire or Republic: Imperial Wars and Domestic Epidemics: Could US Survive?
Empire or Republic: Imperial Wars and Domestic Epidemics: Could US Survive? Post Categories: Canada James Petras | Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 18:03 Beijing You Can’t Have Wars and Public Health Washington escalates its military interventions abroad, launching simultaneous air and … Continue reading
Study Finds Majority-Rule Democracy Exists Only in Theory in U.S., Not So Much in Practice
Study Finds Majority-rule Democracy Exists ONLY in Theory in US, NOT So Much in Practice Post Categories: Canada SAHIL KAPUR | Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 10:13 Beijing Scholar Behind Viral ‘Oligarchy’ Study Tells You What It Means A … Continue reading