Unlearning Economics is a person somewhere on planet earth. He or she has been debating with Simon Wren-Lewis and Nick Rowe (on twitter). Brad DeLong joined the discussion. But what…

by Peter Dorman (originally published at Econospeak) The Cost of Climate Change: It’s Not About Psychology You know there are problems with economics when things that are perfectly reasonable in…

…room audience. He spoke on “Global macroeconomics – yes, macroeconomics, dammit – income inequality and distribution.” A good opening for the series. ROKE editor Tom Palley among those not making…

I’m teaching “Economics for Non-Economists” this semester. This is an interesting experiment, and is strongly testing my belief that you can teach economics without mathematics so long as people understand…

…world go round. It’s the discipline’s special purview, the numeric linchpin that gives economics its dominant role and voice in our affairs. It’s what makes economics seem so “objective” compared…

…five years. It is “econogenic,” coined by George DeMartino, who spoke on this in a session on “Ethics and Economics” held by the Association for Social Economics. It means “harm…

…by noting some basic economics: OK, the economics: What we import from Mexico are a lot of consumer items, especially food items, plus Mexico is a key part of the…

…Presidential Medal of Freedom and the entire economics profession? Laffer co-wrote a book published last year titled “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy.” His co-author was…

…share the first Nobel Prize to be given for environmental economics. That award seems to have been given last fall, but only William Nordhaus got it for environmental while Paul…

…the best-selling book on economics in the US during the 19th century. George was a journalist who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York. His book, drawing on influences from…