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Keynes's 10 Professors... and a Major

Sep 1, 2012

I thought I was on to an inside reference when re-reading the General Theory when Keynes calls Marx, Edgeworth and others simply by name, but refers to “Professor Pigou” in several instances.

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Inclusive wealth and the history of GDP

Jul 16, 2012

The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) recently published the Inclusive Wealth Report 2012, in which the authors propose a measure of wealth based on the stock of capital present in a country, as opposed to the flow measure of GDP.

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Math or Society: Did Economists Forget Who They’re Supposed to Serve?

Jul 11, 2012

Has the servant’s servant become the master’s master?