Lars P. Syll
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Professor at Malmö University. Primary research interest - the philosophy, history and methodology of economics.
In Britain austerity is changing everything
In Britain austerity is changing everything It's time for change. pic.twitter.com/38akCruWjd — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 27, 2018 Advertisements
Read More »Antidotes to populism
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Räddaren i nöden (personal) Vad är det som räddar oss när själen är på väg att uppslukas av sorg och mörker? Poesi. Ord som verkligen betyder något. Och musik. Musik som förmår tala till vårt innersta. Musik vi kanske inte förstår — men som förstår oss. Jag tror på den ensamma människan, på henne som vandrar ensam, som inte hundlikt löper till vittring, som inte varglikt flyr för mänskovittring: På en gång människa och anti-människa. Hur nå gemenskap? Fly...
Read More »The epidemic of mobile addiction
The epidemic of mobile addiction Manfred Spitzer hat ein Buch gegen die „Smartphone-Epidemie“ geschrieben. Er sagt, dass Bilderbücher besser sind als Bildschirme … WELT: Besitzen Sie ein Smartphone? Spitzer: Klar, ich verteufele es auch gar nicht, wie mir immer vorgeworfen wird. Ich weise nur auf die negativen Auswirkungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen hin. WELT: Zum Beispiel Kurzsichtigkeit? Spitzer: Das Smartphone ist das digitale Endgerät mit dem...
Read More »Wren-Lewis — the flimflam anti-pluralist
Wren-Lewis — the flimflam anti-pluralist Again and again, Oxford professor Simon Wren-Lewis rides out to defend orthodox macroeconomic theory against attacks from heterodox critics. In one of his latest attacks on heterodox economics and students demanding pluralist economics education he writes: The danger in encouraging plurality is that you make it much easier for politicians to select the advice they like, because there is almost certain to be a school...
Read More »Berkson’s fallacy (wonkish)
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Read More »Simon Wren-Lewis’ warped view of modern macroeconomics
Simon Wren-Lewis’ warped view of modern macroeconomics There is something that just does not sit very well with Oxford macroeconomist Simon Wren-Lewis’ view of modern macroeconomics. On more than one occasion has this self-proclaimed ‘New Keynesian’ macroeconomist approvingly written about the ‘impressive’ theoretical insights New Classical economics has brought to macroeconomics. In one of his latest blog posts he once again shows how devoted he is to...
Read More »Deutschlands Schulen brauchen eine grundlegende Reform
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Read More »Michael Hudson — life and thought of an MMT’er
Michael Hudson — life and thought of an MMT’er [embedded content] Absolutely fabulous. A must-watch. Advertisements
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