A Good Keynes Man

This entry was posted in History of Ideas, Methodology, Philosophy, Listener, Macroeconomics & Money on 23rd January 2010 by Brian Easton.

Paul Samuelson, 1916-2009. Listener: 23 January, 2010 Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; We called it “Sam”, but its official title was Economics. Written by Paul Samuelson, it’s the book that – as author Robert Heilbroner put it – “changed our vision of economics from the dismal science to a study of social possibilities”….
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Watch out for Weasels

This entry was posted in Listener, Literature and Culture, Macroeconomics & Money on 9th January 2010 by Brian Easton.

Children’s classic The Wind in the Willows is also a fable for adults. Listener: 9 January, 2010. Keywords: Literature and Culture; Macroeconomics & Money; The “Poop-poop” rang with a brazen shout in their ears, they had a moment’s glimpse of an interior of glittering plate-glass and rich morocco and the magnificent motor-car, immense, breath-snatching, passionate,…
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