Topics in Political Economy

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Edward Burtynsky, "Manufacturing #11" (2005)

2 September 2012

Given our discussion of utility theory in class, one of your classmates suggested the following article: Matthew Rabin, "A Perspective on Psychology and Economics" (available here as a pdf).
You might also be interested in looking at this piece by Robert H. Frank, Thomas Gilovich, and Dennis T. Regan, "Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?"
3 September 2012

Some of your have asked me about what heterodox economics encompasses. The Heterodox Economics Newsletter is a good starting point.
8 September 2012

Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, "What Krugman & Stiglitz Can Tell Us"