…a more intelligent approach to economic policy. Along the way, his writing has got better and better, culminating in this latest work, which is a lot of fun. Edible Economics…
Ha-Joon Chang on Economics v Science Fiction and other great ways to end your weeks this autumn – the LSE’s Cutting Edge lectures are back
…Science Fiction’ Here’s his blurb: ‘Economics and science fiction share many interrelations that are rarely recognised. Firstly, a lot of economics is science fiction. Many economists believe in the fiction…
Link I Liked
A history of the Fed funds rate since 1979. File under correlation ≠ causation ht Gabriel Mathy My friend Ha-Joon Chang’s new book, Edible Economics gets off to a flying…
Never Heard of ‘Human Rights Economics’? You have now.
…economics such as doughnut economics, ecological economics, feminist economics or stratification economics. It also shares many of the perspectives and objectives of alternative approaches and discourses such as heterodox economics,…
Some last minute Christmas book presents
…Chang, including his most recent book, Edible Economics (for foodies – come for the economics, stay to enjoy my humiliation in the chapter on chilis) or 23 things they don’t…
Davos & Inequality Continued: What does an alternative economic vision for the future look like?
…the ‘problem’ with economics and economists today. So let’s start with why at least some economics deserves the current kicking. If we look at economic orthodoxy, there is a lot…
‘Economics Rules’, Dani Rodrik’s love letter to his discipline
…The problem, it seems, is always the economists, never economics itself. The book focuses on what distinguishes economics – the use of models, which are ‘both economics’ strength and its…
Complexity Economics and Evolution – a Truly Big Idea
…traditional economics has used physics as metaphor, which he thinks has led it up a blind alley. Economics started off as a branch of moral philosophy (e.g. Adam Smith), but…
Taking Doughnut Economics from idea to action – welcome to the Action Lab
Kate Raworth launches a brilliant, potentially world-shaping, new initiative This week is the online launch of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). At the heart of it is a community platform,…
Doughnut Economics is published next week. Here’s why you should be excited
…one over all.’ On the state of Economics: ‘Many of the most exciting insights driving new economic thinking seem to be emerging from every quarter but economics departments themselves. There…
Review of Doughnut Economics – a new book you will need to know about
…A critique of individualist ‘rational economic man’ that redraws the object of economics as social, adaptable humans Moving from equilibrium economics to complex adaptive systems Forget Kuznets: growth won’t lead…
How can a Book Change the World? The theory of action behind Kate Raworth and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab
…rethinking economics – a Doughnut Politics to accompany the economics. But it turns out, a great idea will generate change through inspiration, in ways that can never be anticipated. I…