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THE EXCITING SCIENCE

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, by John McMillan, a Canterbury economics [...]

28th July 2007 | Comments Closed

BROWN STUDY

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. 
 
On the one hand, former London Times [...]

14th July 2007 | Comments Closed

IS ECONOMICS A SCIENCE?

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), then [...]

3rd July 2007 | Comments Closed