July 31, 2013

Course Video: Alfred Marshall and the Neoclassical Synthesis

Here’s the next video from my history of economic thought course, on Alfred Marshall. [vimeo 71441068 w=500 h=281] Alfred Marshall and the Neoclassical Synthesis from Lynne Kiesling on Vimeo. Alfred Marshall was one of the most important economists shaping the field as we practice it today. By synthesizing the classical economics focus on production and …

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Nsa Surveillance Imperils the Internet As an Economic Platform

Today’s new revelations from Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing show that the NSA can, and does, use a program that surveils our Internet behavior in a general, blanket way (much in the nature of the “general warrants” that were the whole reason the authors of the Bill of Rights put the Fourth Amendment in there in the …

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