Thoughts On Economics

Paul Graham jokingly asks, "What phrase signals that the person using it doesn't understand your field?" Stephen Gordon and ...

I have a new working paper . The article presents previously unpublished material from file D13/12/111 in Sraffa's archives. In parti...

"Typically 2 the integer is used for counting, whereas 2 the real number is used for measuring. But in higher mathematics there...

These seem to be resources for providing the student with an overview of schools of thought, fields, and the history of economics. Explor...

Zach Carter's The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, amd the Life of John Maynard Keynes . James Crotty's Keynes Against Capit...

"One must be able to say at all times - instead of points, straight lines, and planes -- tables, chairs, and beer mugs." -- Dav...

... If you speak of a revolution in mathematics, you are likely to be treated to the ironic response, "Oh, so two and two now make...

I have long been convinced that many mainstream economists, however they performed under hazing, do not understand mathematics. "T. ...

I have been exploring Sraffa's correspondence after the publication of his book. Here is a letter dated June 18, 1962, from Mathur to S...

Neoclassical Political Economy You may have seen the above overly polite video. I have not done this in a while, even before the pandem...

Marx is mostly right. That is the conclusion one should draw from capital theory. But honestly understanding how we are fed, clothed, and...

1.0 Introduction One inspiration for this post is stumbling across this abstract 2.0 Marx Start with labor coefficients and a Leontief...

I have been looking at Sraffa's archives . Scott Carter was responsible for putting them online, as I understand it. Anyways, I know so...

I have defined patterns of switch points in considering perturbations of examples of the choice of technique. For example, I have defined t...

Katzner, Bowles, and Resnick on UMass Amherst Shortly after about 32:30 minutes, Sam Bowles, to laughter, draws a Venn diagram on the boa...

Do economists have anything to say about racism in the United States? Some do. The Review of Black Political Economy , for example, exists....

This post lists some views on Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities: A Prelude to a Critique of Economic Theory . The quantit...

John Eatwell On Why Economists Disagee I like the above lecture by John Eatwell. He concludes by talking about the partial equilibrium mo...

At this time, the book had long ago been published by Cambridge University Press. I suppose I ought to review whatever conditions exist on ...

My fellow Americans: We have endured a week such as no Nation should live through: a time of violence and tragedy. For a few minutes t...