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Overcoming Convergence Theory in Economic Analysis

Overcoming Convergence Theory in Economic Analysis from Robert Locke “Convergence theory states that as societies become increasingly industrialized, they begin to resemble other industrialized societies. That is, they converge towards other forms of social organization” Ashley Crossman When I first ran … Continue reading

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Reinhart and Rogoff: One Year Later

Reinhart and Rogoff: One year later May 6, 2014deanbaker1Leave a commentGo to comments from Dean Baker It has been a bit more than a year since the Excel Spreadsheet error that shook the world. For those who may have missed it, in … Continue reading

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Manifesto of 42 Networks of Economics Students From 19 Countries: International Call for ‘Pluralism’ [an End to Neoclassical Brainwashing] in the Teaching of Economics

Home > Plutonomy, upward income redistribution > 12-country 1975-2007 chart of share of income growth going to The 1% 12-country 1975-2007 chart of share of income growth going to The 1% May 5, 2014David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments

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