Archive for June, 2007

The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#3)

A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. In the last few weeks an interesting debate has been going on, primarily in the blogosphere, about the relationship between so—called heterodox and orthodox economics. The debate was set off by an article posted by The Nation in which Chistopher Hayes surveyed the history ...Read more.

The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#2)

A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. About a week and a half ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a cover story (it was subscriber-access only at the time, but you can get the whole story here) which reviewed recent research suggesting that greater economic openness in general, and outsourcing in ...Read more.

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