The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences
A historical discussion of the fondness of economics to envision economies as machines.
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Persuasion: An Introduction
Understanding the drivers of persuasion and other influence techniques.
Read more...Lancet Study on Life Expectancy by 2030 Confirms Poor US Performance
A new Lancet study on life expectancy for 35 countries puts up big red flags for US performance.
Read more...Book Review: The Econocracy
The new book Econocracy describes how economics has become a narrow ideology with far too much power and what can be done about it
Read more...Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models
The faster-than-expected melt of the Greenland ice sheet is yet another example of climate models proving to be too conservative.
Read more...Philip Pilkington: To What Extent Is Economics an Ideology and to What Extent Is It a Useful Theory?
Why economics is more like phrenology than physics.
Read more...Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality
A JAMA article, based on a large, well-designed study, found that female doctors in hospitals saved more lives than men. The question is why
Read more...How What We Eat Has Changed
Quelle surprise! Americans eat too much!
Read more...The Econocracy: An Interview with Cahal Mora
The new book Econocracy describes how economics training discourages critical thinking, overreaches, overpromises, and underdelivers.
Read more...Macroeconomics in the Crossfire (Again)
Economists are finally ‘fessing up to the fact that macroeconomics was never all that good and has regressed in recent decades.
Read more...Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
Why Trumpism caused mainstream ‘social science’ to fall like a house of cards.
Read more...Suspected 5th Columnist Streetwise Professor Knocks Blockchain… But Defends Elites
Why are self-styled progressive economists like the Streetwise Professor criticising Blockchain boosters but making excuses for our elites?
Read more...The Return of the Repressed Critique of Rentiers – Veblen in the 21st Century
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Read more...Not So Wondrous Drugs? – New Warnings about Severe Adverse Effects of New, Heavily Marketed Drugs for Hepatitis C
Dangerous diseases like hepatitis C make it a bit too easy for drugmakers to peddle wonder cures….
Read more...Gluttony and Sloth
Sloth, as in lower levels of physical activity, are a much bigger contributor to population-wide gains in weight levels than caloric intake.
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