Today William D Nordhaus and Paul Romer were announced as joint winners of the Noble Prize for Economic Science. Yes, science! Neither would qualify for the profession's newest award, to be launched next year, simultaneous to the Noble award ceremony. In this podcast Professor Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the launch of the ‘Nobble Prize for Economics’ for those with barking mad assumptions that have (or will) pervert the course of economics for some time. Steve suggests Ben Bernanke would be a notable contender as well as, of course, Milton Friedman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.
