from Robert Locke Post WWII business schools deans, philanthropic foundation bureaucrats (Ford and Carnegie), and businessmen carried through radical reform of US business school curricula in the 1960… more →
Real-World Economics Review Blogwrote 9 hours ago: On the universal anachronism of studying the ancient world, it is one thing to rattle on about narra … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: In 1844, Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis graduated as a doctor, and was appointed assistant at the obstetri … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: from Robert Locke Post WWII business schools deans, philanthropic foundation bureaucrats (Ford and C … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This speech, by Irish President Michael D. Higgins caught my eye because I increasingly think of neo … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “And this again is typifying the end of an empire. Where things were so great, we have this la … more →
wrote 1 month ago: A key assumption in many mainstream macroeconomic models (both formal and informal) is the Efficient … more →
wrote 2 months ago: So Ashok and I sparred a bit on Twitter re: the meaning and effect of taxation and spending (and pro … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I was just rereading the post on Unlearning Economics about what’s wrong with economics, and r … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The consequences of austerity The Financial Times (as reported by Leftfootforward) set out a series … more →
wrote 3 months ago: MC-MR (Wikipedia “margianl cost”) ** note that this paper is currently undergoing review … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This afternoon I had a rather puzzling and at times disconcerting conversation with a staunch defend … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The press has been hyping Obama’s recent economic proposals as part of a “21st century liberalism” w … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Schools of Economic Thought Uploaded on Apr 13, 2011 Macro Man and Econ Boy discuss schools of econo … more →
wrote 3 months ago: from Peter Radford For those austerity advocates amongst you: may I draw your attention to the pligh … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The United Kingdom, amidst increasing austerity measures taken by the government, is heading toward … more →
wrote 4 months ago: from David Ruccio This morning, we’re faced with the extraordinary spectacle of two left-of-center, … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “If not an economist, what am I? An outdated freak whose functional role in the general scheme … more →
wrote 4 months ago: First Prev Next Last First Prev Next Last Yeah, well, sorry… I didn’t have time to finis … more →
wrote 4 months ago: First Prev Next Last First Prev Next Last OK, if you want sources about the IMF admitting at last wh … more →