This is the grave of Paul Saumelson. Born in 1915 in Gary, Indiana, Samuelson grew up in a Jewish immigrant family. His father was a pharmacist who did well and.
I was struck in the post from last week on strikes in 2023 how many people in comments asserted that a strong economy leads to more strikes. This evidently is.
This is the grave of Sumner Slichter. Born in 1892 in Madison, Wisconsin, Slichter grew up in the local elite. His father was a dean at the University of Wisconsin..
This is the grave of Josef Schumpeter, though in the U.S., he would routinely spell his name the Anglicized way of Joseph. Born in what is today the Czech Republic.
It's well known how right-wing economists have long seen Chile as their personal playground to play out their fantasies of austerity politics backed by authoritarian violence. The Chicago Boys were.
As has bothered some of you, I think the field of Economics is largely intellectually bankrupt, a field specializing in mathematical formulas that tell us almost nothing about human behavior,.
