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LATEST ARTICLES ( 43 )

• Final Post

  

  So I’ve been thinking about finishing up with this blog for a while. I have completed my economics degree now and have a lot less to say than I did before, at... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: The Rise and Fall of Piketty Critiques

  

  I’ve been dragged back into the Piketty melee by a review of Piketty from ‘New Institutional’ superstars Daren Acemoglu James Robinson. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Economists Dissing Economics

  For whatever reason, I found myself compiling a list of 20 or so quotes, mostly from well known economists, criticising mainstream economics. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Crisis & Economics, Part 7: A Case of Myopia?

  

  This is the final part in my series on how the financial crisis is relevant for economics (here are parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  6). Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Real Problem with the Broken Window Fallacy

  

  John Quiggin recently posted on the “Broken Window Fallacy” (BWF), a parable beloved by libertarians, originating from Frederic Bastiat but finding its most... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Crisis & Economics, Part 6: “Oh, You Just Mean Macro”

  

  This is part 6 in my series on how the financial crisis is relevant for economics (here are parts 1, 2, 3, 4  5). Each part explores an argument economists hav... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Crisis & Economics, Part 5: “Shhh! We’re Working On It”

  

  This is part 5 in my series on how the financial crisis is relevant for economics (parts 1, 2, 3 4 are here). Each part explores an argument economists have... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: The Ethics of Inequality

  

  New post on Pieria, discussing why inequality could be ethically ‘wrong’: What is inequality? Inequality is a situation where certain people have access to... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Illusion of Mathematical Certainty

  

  Nate Silver’s questionable foray into predicting World Cup results got me thinking about the limitations of maths in economics (and the social sciences in... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Is the Economic Crisis a Crisis for Economics? Part 4: Masters of the Universe?

  

  This is part 4 in my series on economics and the crisis, which asks whether economics is really responsible for policy, and if so, how these policies may have... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: Perverting Piketty

  

  I have a new post on Piketty on Pieria, pointing out potential problems interpreting his premises and propositions (sorry, it started organically): I... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Is the Economic Crisis a Crisis for Economics? Part 3: Econoracles

  

  This is part 3 in my series on why and how the 2008 financial crisis is relevant to economics. The first instalment discussed why the good times during the... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: Capital in Piketty’s ‘Capital’

  

  I have a new post on Pieria, where I finally get round to commenting on Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century. My focus is on capital itself, how... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Is the Economic Crisis a Crisis for Economics? Part 2: The EMH-Twist

  

  This is part 2 in my series on why and how the 2008 financial crisis is relevant to economics. The first instalment discussed why the good times during the... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Is the Economic Crisis a Crisis for Economics? Part 1: The Boom & The Bust

  

  For critics of mainstream economics, the 2008 financial crisis represents the final nail in the coffin for a paradigm that should have died decades ago. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Should Libertarians Embrace ‘Left’-Heterodox Economics?

  Recent posts by Noah Smith, David Henderson and Daniel Kuehn on the relationship between economics, ‘free markets’ and policy in general got me thinking about... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: How Not to Do Macroeconomics, Part II

  I have  new post on Pieria, following up on mainstream macro and secular stagnation. The beginning is a restatement of my critique of EM/a response to Simon... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• How Not to Do Macroeconomics

  

  A frustrating recurrence for critics of ‘mainstream’ economics is the assertion that they are criticising the economics of bygone days: that those phenomena... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Gems in The General Theory

  

  I’ve recently been re-reading John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory (TGT), along with some other tweeps, and thought I’d collect up quotes which struck me as... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Pieria: Unlearning the History of Capitalism

  

  I have a new, long overdue post on Pieria, following up on the argument over capitalism and communism which was recently reignited by Jesse Myerson: Imagine if... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS