A Sad Day for Europe
The debate over Greece has an eerie resemblance to the debate over climate change. One side prefers apocalypse to changing its opinion, even in the face of evidence. In …
Economy Archive
INSIDE, vol. 3, no. 2
From the Social Evolution Forum, this piece calls for an organized effort to reclaim economics from the its capture by the political faction supporting Neoliberalism.See the original article here. In …
INSIDE, vol. 1, no. 7
A new study finds that, compared to other social scientists, economists consider themselves elites, smarter than others, not needing to explore outside their discipline, worthy of being listened to first …
INSIDE, vol. 1, no. 8
As the largest annual gathering of economists in the U.S., and a magnet for media attention, the AEA conference in Boston the first week of January is the perfect …
Action at the AEA, reported in WaPo, response from Mankiw
The Kickitover.org campaign at the American Economics Association meetings in Boston generated heat as well as light. The Washington Post gave good coverage of the aggressive activism, in sessions …