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Economics, Politics / capitalism, Coase, democracy, economic theory, Hayek, plutocracy, Trump /

Early Days and Libertarian Love

December 2, 2016

It is early, but already we see the shape of the next few years. It’s going to be ugly. Trump’s cabinet is taking on the look of an antithetical. Practically every choice so far turns out to be a near negation of the mission of the department they are nominated to run. And if not […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic policy, James Meade, plutocracy, regulation /

James Meade Redux

November 10, 2016

Well, that was fun. A rebellion has swept away the establishment. I never thought I would say that the rebellion would be manifested within the GOP and that the establishment would be within the Democrats, but that’s what we just witnessed. We on the left must accept that whatever we were saying just didn’t resonate with enough people. […]

Economics / economic theory /

Can We Move On?

October 17, 2016

Really. I am hardly alone in ranting on about economics, but it never changes. How can it? The intellectual honesty required to make the sort of shift needed to recapture the discipline’s honor simply doesn’t exist. Its practitioners are too deeply embedded and ingrained. Its students are too intimidated by the burden of its closed […]

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