Debunking Economics - the podcast

Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how i

Episodes

Total: 436

A new law in New Zealand prevents foreign buyers from acquiring homes in there. It’s a response to r

The spread of yield between short and long term US Treasuries is narrowing. It could even invert, me

Robinson Crusoe lives on a desert island with Man Friday. There’s no need for money. But then Woman

He is running the only country in the G7 to see economic growth accelerate right now. His followers

Governments have been using the terms ‘fiscal conservatism’ and ‘austerity’ to bring down government

There was a time when universities embraced a diversity of thought – something that’s critical in a

In this podcast Prof Steve Keen and Phil Dobbie revisit the velocity of money, with a focus on how i

There’s the theory that the supply of money is a major contributor to the rate of inflation. Prof St

We’re seeing an increase in the rate of ice loss in Antartica – another sign that global warming is

Slow Money

2018/7/6

The speed of growth in an economy and the rate of inflation is driven by how much money is in circul

Sweden is quickly moving towards a cashless economy. According to their central bank cash payments a

A Tale of Two Economies

2018/6/19

They’re having the best of times. They’re having the worst of times. The US economy seems to be goin

Ask a conventional economist about household debt and they’ll say it’s not an issue. The money you s

Western economies are struggling to see growth anywhere near the levels before the global financial

A meltdown seems to be happening in the Italian economy. Steve Keen tells Phil Dobbie that it’s the

Joh Madden sent us a message saying he wants to understand, in simple terms, why the interest paymen

Economic theory is based on the blatantly false assumption that perfect competition can be achieved

Karl Marx got a lot right, but he was wrong about the need to a revolution. In this podcast Prof Ste

Central banks like to control inflation using monetary theory (managing the cost of borrowing) as th

With Mark Zuckerberg being probed by the US government recently, and similar hearings being held in