A free thinker turned the eccentric into good economics. Listener: 28 July, 2007. Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; So many interesting and exciting things are happening in economics that topics for columns pile up. In the pile for a while has been Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets,…
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Can the British PM find a new way to be left? Listener: 14 July, 2007. Keywords: Political Economy & History; Although he was Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) for a decade, and had a free hand with the economy, new British PM Gordon Brown is still considered an unknown quantity. …
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This short speech was to open a session on the subject at Te Papa on Thursday July 3, 2007. (revised) Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Is economics a science? In a sound bite, the answer is ‘yes’ and ‘no’. If you rely on the media for your knowledge of economics (and everything else),…
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