Archive for November 4th, 2009
Polluting Discourse
The public intellectuals have been crowing for some time now about the wasteful spending associated with the stimulus package passed in February. However, as should be expected, the narrative has very little basis in fact. Lykins points us in the right direction…
There are many projects supported by Recovery Act funds, and just as many opinions [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under Politics, Public Intellectuals.
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The Hubris of the Dismal Science
It is not surprising that in an economically driven capitalist society such as ours that economists would occupy a prominent place in the social hierarchy, but it is certainly not a position that the dismal science has earned. Now that we’ve enjoyed yet another crash that demonstrates the utter poverty of the foundational assumptions of neo-classical [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under The Dismal Science.
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