Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Nov 5
In his #book on #DavidRicardo, #NatDyer is careful not to commit the “Ricardian Vice.” His book is very empirical. It’s full of fascinating #biographical details about #Ricardo and other influential figures in #economics, and lots of engaging history. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/10/by-d...

Book Review - Ricardo's Dream:...
Book Review - Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Oct 20
#Schumpeter calls it the "Ricardian Vice" and #NatDyer dubs it "Ricardo's Dream": the tendency to analyze behaviour & make policy suggestions on the basis of highly simplified #mathematical #models. Here's my review of Dyer's book on it. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/10/by-d... #books #BookSky

Book Review - Ricardo's Dream:...
Book Review - Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 21, 2025
“I’m not sure whether you will take this as a confession or a boast, but we are basically #story-tellers, creators of make-believe #economic systems.” - #RobertLucas, describing what economists do, quoted by #NatDyer in Ricardo’s Dream: How #Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us All Astray
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 18, 2025
“The ‘great general principles’ of #politicaleconomy, ( #Malthus) said, can be useful guides but we must not forget ‘the passions and propensities of #humannature’.” - #NatDyer, Ricardo’s Dream: How #Economists Forgot the #RealWorld and Led Us All Astray. #economics #DavidRicardo
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 17, 2025
“ #Historical #knowledge is partial and influenced by our social setting. #Misrepresentations should be challenged and neglected #global #histories told.” - #NatDyer, Ricardo’s Dream: How #Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us All Astray
Show threadDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 17, 2025
2 “Governments, ( #AdamSmith) argued, should take an ‘extensive view of the general good’ and ignore the clamour of merchants and manufacturers whose interests were often ‘directly opposite to that of the great body of people’.” - #NatDyer, Ricardo’s Dream: How #Economists Forgot the Real World …🧵