Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoWhy The Government Has Infinite Moneywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoSound economics exist but they’re exceedingly rare on campus and entirely absent from corporate media. To co-opt another Henry Ford quip: you can have any economics you want, as long as it’s neoliberal.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThey do? I’d love to have economic theories with at least some predictive power.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoMarxist economists are the way to go. I would suggest Michael Hudson.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoSome basic economic concepts like utility are useful.
Sound economics exist but they’re exceedingly rare on campus and entirely absent from corporate media.
To co-opt another Henry Ford quip: you can have any economics you want, as long as it’s neoliberal.
They do? I’d love to have economic theories with at least some predictive power.
Marxist economists are the way to go. I would suggest Michael Hudson.
Some basic economic concepts like utility are useful.