McCartin’s abundant supply of rank-and-file anecdotes lends the book credibility and emotional punch, but he does not dwell on them. His ambition is something more sweeping. The history of PATCO is, after all, more than an interesting case; it is the story of U.S. labor’s biggest strategic loss in half a century. By Alexandra Bradbury [...]
“Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences” and ”How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities” suggest that the 2008 economic crash was not just due to neoliberal policies that did away with oversight and regulation of the financial sector, but fundamental problems with neo-classical economics itself. By Christine Shearer Steve Keen’s “Debunking Economics: [...]
While many economists have argued that no one could have foreseen the 2008 financial crash, some economists were sounding the alarm well before the bubble burst. One of them was Steve Keen, a Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, and author of the book “Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor [...]
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