Ancestors

Written by Cory Doctorow on 2025-01-11 at 19:02

The social function of the economics profession is to explain, over and over again, that your boss is actually right and that you don't really want the things you want, and you're secretly happy to be abused by the system.

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Written by Herefordrob on 2025-01-11 at 22:40

@pluralistic I wouldn't deny this is the mainstream economics teaching, but their are some trying to change the narrative I'm sure you have heard Of : Kate Rayworth, Tim Jackson, Yanis Varoufakis, to name three.

I would say economics has globalised, politics can't keep up until it does nothing will change. National #sovereignty has to end.

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Descendants

Written by Jackie on 2025-01-11 at 23:32

@Herefordrob @pluralistic I would say that Richard D Wolff sometimes makes a few good points, even though he has some very very iffy views

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Written by Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 on 2025-01-11 at 23:33

@Herefordrob

Did you mean Kate Raworth ( not Rayworth)?

(And I'd add Mariana Mazzucato as an economist worth paying attention to.)

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Written by joriki on 2025-01-12 at 01:04

@PaulWermer @Herefordrob

here's one you might like

three women Economists, each holding up the other two's books: Raworth, Mazzucato, Kelton

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Written by Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 on 2025-01-12 at 01:52

@joriki @Herefordrob

an impressive trio. We learn a lot by listening to them

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Written by joriki on 2025-01-12 at 01:06

@Herefordrob @pluralistic

Kelton, Keen, Hudson, Mitchell

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