Category Archives: Real World Economics
What is Neoclassical Economics?
post-autistic economics review Issue no. 38, 1 July 2006 article 1 What Is Neoclassical Economics? The three axioms responsible for its theoretical oeuvre, practical irrelevance and, thus, discursive power Christian Arnsperger (University of Louvain, Belgium) Yanis Varoufakis (University of Athens,Greece) © Copyright: Christian Arnsperger and Yanis Varoufakis 2006 1. Introduction … Continue reading
25 Graphics Showing the Upward Redistribution of Income and Wealth in the USA Since 1979
25 graphics showing upward redistribution of income and wealth in USA since 1979 February 25, 2011David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio I assemble a presentation on inequality on a regular basis for my Principles of Microeconomics course. Here … Continue reading
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…
“Such an Economy Kills…”
“Such an economy kills” December 3, 2013David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio The other day, I posted a few paragraphs from the new Roman Catholic Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (which translates as “The Joy of the Gospel”). I’ve now had a … Continue reading
What is the ACTUAL Risk for Pacific Coast Residents from Fukushima Radiation?
What Is The ACTUAL Risk for Pacific Coast Residents from Fukushima Radiation? Posted on December 1, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog “[The Odds of] Longer Term Chronic Effects, Cancer Or Genetic Effects … Cannot Be Said To Be Zero” It is very difficult to obtain … Continue reading
Dollar Survival Behind U.S.-China Tensions
Dollar Survival behind US-China Tension Post Categories: Canada Finian Cunningham | Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:33 Beijing Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printShare on gmailShare on stumbleuponShare on favoritesMore Sharing Services3Print The escalation of military tensions between … Continue reading