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Anwar Shaikh - Real Economic Analysis: A Theoretical and Empirical Alternative to Economic Orthodoxy

In a time of economic questioning, do we really need perfect competition to build models and predict economic phenomena? Anwar Shaikh's book seeks to offer a coherent alternative to neoclassical and post-Keynesian economics. It takes real (and not perfect) competition as its starting point, to then…

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Li Minqi - "The Rise of China and the Future of the Capitalist World System"

Li Minqi studied at Beijing University between 1987 and 1990, and participated in the 1989 student democratic movement -- subsequently becoming a political prisoner from 1990 to 1992. He later came to the U.S, and received a PhD in economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002, and is …

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Rachel Griffith - Should The Government Control What We Eat?

Should the government control what we eat? Government around the world are getting more and more involved with telling consumers what they can and can’t eat as they grappling with rising rates of obesity. Some people believe that the government should mind its own business and let consumers decid…

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