Debunking Economics

Steve Keen2001book

Selected reading: Selected chapters and argument.

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  • What gives something value?

    backgroundSelected chapters and argument

    Extract one claim and distinguish the evidence supporting it from the author’s interpretation.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

  • Principles of Economics

    Carl Menger. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Use of Knowledge in Society

    Friedrich Hayek. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Value and Capital

    John Hicks. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Microeconomic Theory

    Mas-Colell, Whinston · Green. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Misbehaving

    Richard Thaler. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.