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Debunking Economics - the podcast

Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how i

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Total: 462

The UK Prime Minister has made noises about reining-in executive pay. Phil Dobbie asks Professor Ste

Funding retirement seems to be a global issue. Individual pensions often fall short of the required

Bitcoin was an interesting development in the history of money – a currency created from an algorith

In previous podcasts Professor Steve Keen has said the availability of energy is the key driver of g

Do we need population growth to enjoy economic growth? Phil Dobbie puts the question to Professor St

There’s an argument that economics can never be science because it involves the behaviour of humans.

Laissez Faire Go Mate

2017/8/1

Australians talk of giving everyone a fair go. But it has different meanings for different people. F

Most of us tend to have a vague notion of what Keynes stood for. Why, even neo-classic economists se

Okay, this is a deliberately provocative title, but it relates to how the increase in two income hou

Governments everywhere are preoccupied with keeping their spending under control. We are conditioned

Four ideas for the G20

2017/7/7

The G20 is meeting in Berlin right now. With expectations of any constructive outcomes set to low, m

In this edition Prof Steve Keen explains to Phil Dobbie how tax levels are really more to do with th

The world’s Central Bankers have been meeting up in Portugal this week and seem to have colluded on

Automation, it seems, is taking its toll. For example, based on its turnover Amazon employs less tha

The EU and IMF have just bailed out Greece again, so it can avoid defaulting on the interest payment

It’s the catch cry for those who like to spread fear – Corbyn in power would take Britain back to th

In the UK salaries are now rising slower than inflation – which means living standards are going bac

Professor Steve Keen has predicted a house price crash in Australia before, but this time he is more

UKIP released its manifesto this week. It’s a glossy production with a range of arguments designed t

Conventional neoclassic economics assumes the economy will always arrive at an equilibrium, yet cent