"What sounds like an obscure Linux distribution at first glance, turns out to be exactly that on closer inspection 😂."

Surprised and delighted to find #NixOS mentioned in the #HeterodoxEconomics Newsletter.

https://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn356.html

#FOSS

US Advocates of "viewpoint diversity" in academia might like to turn their attention to university departments of economics.

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#USPolitics #USHigherEducation #Economics #Neoclassical #HeterodoxEconomics #ViewpointDiversity

New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks | Oxfam International

Oxfam International

Now out in Nature Sustainability: 'Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises' - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01562-4. Our study synthesised foundational documents across 38 new economics approaches to identify common principles & narratives. The principles provide a genuine and cohesive new narrative to tackle the global #polycrisis and move beyond both outdated neoliberal thinking and national conservative responses.

#neweconomics #HeterodoxEconomics #transformation

“What is Heterodox Economics? Insights from Interviews with Leading Thinkers” (2023)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00213624.2023.2273130#abstract

#HeterodoxEconomics #Realism #Power #Pluralism

Nobel laureate economist savages his own profession as clueless and unethical

Nobel Laureate economist Angus Deaton has delivered a ferocious rebuke to his own profession, saying economists have failed to understand that capitalism is about power.

Crikey
What should we make of the new Modern Monetary Theory documentary?

A documentary on Modern Monetary Theory is touring Australia. Gareth Hutchens asks what we should make of it.

ABC News
Explore what conventional economics gets wrong with important thinkers in #heterodoxeconomics in this episode => https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-08-15/unlearning-economics-jon-erickson-josh-farley-steve-keen-and-kate-raworth/. Let's unlearn economics!
“Unlearning Economics”: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, and Kate Raworth

On this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, and Kate Raworth - all of whom are leading thinkers and educators in the field of heterodox economics.

resilience

A new paper of mine has been published. Title: Why is yield-curve inversion such a good predictor of recessions?

http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue103/George103.pdf

#HeterodoxEconomics