1. Post-Truth: An Alumni Economist's Perspective
- Author:
- Ben Fine
- Publication Date:
- 03-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London
- Abstract:
- Drawing upon fifty years as an academic economist, this lecture to alumni of SOAS’s Department of Economics reflects upon the continual “post-truth” aspects of mainstream economics, ranging over its substantive, if shifting, content, its methodology, and its treatment of methodology and interdisciplinarity. It draws upon a wide range of theory, empirical analysis, policy and anecdote to highlight both the need for alternatives and the continuing, even increased, failure of the mainstream to engage with criticism and alternatives.
- Topic:
- Economics, Imperialism, Economic Theory, and Economic Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus