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    Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, rational choice, Wendy Brown /

    History and Economics

    December 10, 2015

    In the ongoing debate about the relevance or otherwise of history as it pertains to economics allow me to add: Within the enormous pile of instances of history, most of which we have collectively forgotten, there are multitudes of experiences that illuminate any particular view we have of an economy, but none by themselves ‘explain’ […]

    Commentary, Politics / Bob Gates, capitalism, Cruz, democracy, plutocracy, Reagan, Sanders, Simpson-Bowles, Trump /

    The Anti-Gates

    December 4, 2015

    Bob Gates has made quite a name for himself by being ‘that sensible guy’ —  the one who cuts through the rhetoric and tells it the way it is. In this vein he fits alongside other ‘serious people’ such as the infamous Simpson and Bowles who, as you might recall, made a great name for […]

    Commentary, Economics / economic theory, Friedman, Gombrowicz, Paul Krugman /

    Tower of Babel

    November 30, 2015

    I have quoted Gombrowicz before, allow me to repeat myself – or, rather him, – once more. Only this time at more length: “I stopped by the cafe where a group of young poets, Concreto-Invencion (or maybe it was the group Madi), gather every week. There were always ten poets yelling at each other in […]

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