Tag: economics
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Capitalism is a Technology – Miguel Anxo Bastos
What was humanity like before we young people came to know it? How does one escape poverty? What was there before, 200 years ago? Poverty is always something relative. So, I don’t know whether people in other times felt poor as such, but rather understood that this was existence itself. That was how it had…
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Why “there is no such thing as economic science”?
I have recently referred to an interview made to Piketty where he states “there is no such thing as economic science. There are social sciences”. He argues that “economic processes involve social control” and that “we should teach economics much more in conjunction with economic history, social history, political history, political science” That said, the…
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“There is no such thing as economic science. There are social sciences” #piketty #income #wealth #distribution
Thomas Piketty: “There is no such thing as economic science. There are social sciences, economic processes involved social control… We should teach economics much more in conjunction with economic history, social history, political history, political science. It’s just impossible to study issues such as dynamics of income and wealth, distribution in a purely economic manner.…