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Ha-Joon Chang on Economics

Ha-Joon Chang
The RSA, 2014
Level: beginner
Perspective: Institutionalist Economics
Topic: Reflection of Economics
Format: Lecture
Duration: 00:21:15
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAfLIKrp9A

In this short talk „On Economics“ Ha-Joon Chang, author of the book „Economics: The User's Guide“, gives a critical wrap-up on the economic discipline – on what is perceived as economics, what are dominant paradigms, the role of numbers and economics in public life. He further elaborates on the importance of heterodox schools of thought.

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Tags: critique | democracy | heterodoxy | labour | mainstream critique | neoclassical economics | numbers | science-society link | statistics
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Level: beginner
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Ha-Joon Chang
The RSA
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Level: advanced
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ProfSteveKeen
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Level: beginner
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