I take a look at kinetic exchange models of income, and what we can learn from their mistakes.

I review Carey King’s new book ‘The Economic Superorganism’.

I look at the degrowth that might be achieved by eliminating inequality.

Na publicação de hoje, quero trazer uma brincadeira que fiz comigo mesmo, um pequeno incentivo para voltar a publicar conteúdos sobre R (eu já estava enferrujado) entre outros assunto sobre economia. Passeando pelo instagram, encontrei um perfil que pública muita informação sobre economia em formato de visualização, o Economista Visual.

The talk version of my recent paper on degrowth.

This is the second in a series of two essays written for and supported by the Seoul Platform for Initiating Discourses on an Equitable and Resilient Society. These essays investigate the role that hierarchy plays in driving inequality and unsustainability. Summary Humanity’s most pressing need is to learn how to live within our planet’s boundaries — something that likely means doing without economic growth.

A talk given to the SEEFAR center about the problems with human capital theory.

What’s the most pernicious scientific idea ever? I’d give first prize to eugenics and second prize to human capital theory.

This is the first of two essays written for (and supported by) the Seoul Platform for Initiating Discourses on an Equitable and Resilient Society. These essays investigate the role that hierarchy plays in driving inequality and unsustainability. This piece introduces the facts of hierarchy.

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