Gordon Cook: On the State of Economics – An Exchange Dedicated to #OWS and Society Achieving a Broader Understanding

Here is the final paragraph from an essay by John Kay titled The Map is Not the Territory: An Essay on the State of Economics The preposterous claim that deviations from market efficiency were not only irrelevant to the recent crisis but could never be relevant is the product of an environment in which deduction …

Mini-Me: Army of Unemployed Persistent Structural Issue

Army of unemployed is now entrenched in U.S. Commentary: Structural woes in economy creating ‘permanent underclass’ Howard Gold Wall Street Journal, 14 October 2011 The public knew this much earlier than economists or pundits did, and as for politicians — don’t ask! . . . . . Listen to Charles Plosser, president of the Federal …

Review: The Innovator’s Manifesto – Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth

Michael Raynor 5.0 out of 5 stars Helps Understand OccupyWallStreet–Solid 5 Misses Mark on True Cost Economics,October 13, 2011 I was given this book as a gift, and could not have–in a million years of planning–gotten a better book relevant to OccupyWallStreet (OWS) than this book. I read it this morning while my MGB was …