Philip Pilkington: Keynes’ Alleged Totalitarianism – The ‘Malign’ Forward to the German Edition of the General Theory
By Philip Pilkington, a writer and journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow him on Twitter at @pilkingtonphil
In 1936 Keynes wrote a forward to the German edition of his General Theory. Since then it has, as far as I can see, been ignored by his defenders and held up by his most...
UNCTAD as the Battleground for Role of the State, Trade Policy
We've featured past Real News Network segments on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD has increasingly become a forum for struggles between advanced economies and developing economies over what the rules of the road should be in trade. UNCTAD was early to call the benefits of financialization into question, and has also...
Michael Hudson: Paul Krugman’s Economic Blinders
By Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His new book summarizing his economic theories, “The Bubble and Beyond,” will be available in a few weeks on Amazon.
Paul Krugman is widely appreciated for his New York...
Philip Pilkington: Democrats vs. Technocrats – Son of Neoliberal Economist who Manufactured Policies that Led to Argentina’s Default is the Source of Contrary Statistics on Inflation
By Philip Pilkington, a writer and journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow him on Twitter at @pilkingtonphil
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. – Goethe
There is a great deal of truth contained in Goethe’s old refrain. The fewer facts we possess the more certainty we are likely to have....Philip Pilkington: Democrats vs. Technocrats – Son of Neoliberal Economist who Manufactured Policies that Led to Argentina’s Default is the Source of Contrary Statistics on Inflation
By Philip Pilkington, a writer and journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow him on Twitter at @pilkingtonphil
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. – Goethe
There is a great deal of truth contained in Goethe’s old refrain. The fewer facts we possess the more certainty we are likely to have....Philip Pilkington: Inflation-Targeting Experiment May Start in Japan… But at What Cost?
By Philip Pilkington, a writer and journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow him on Twitter at @pilkingtonphil
Rumors abound that a deal is fomenting in Japan that might lead to the inflation targeting proposal that so many progressives champion on their blogs being put in place.
The Renegade Economist Speaks with Ann Pettifor
This is the sort of talk that makes Americans jealous of the British. Heterodox economist Ann Pettifor predicted a global debt deflation in 2003 (!) and critiques conventional thinking in the economics discipline. She also has a wonderfully theatrical ...
Dan Kervick: The Astonishing Case of the Impenetrable Zero Bound
Yves here. I rather like the storytelling format of this post.
By Dan Kervick, who does research in decision theory and analytic metaphysics. Cross posted from New Economic Perspectives
In a small, peaceful town there once lived three people: Abbie, Baker and Carlie.
