The idea of a market where y've got n an infinite number of firms producing a standard commodity just doesn't apply. So throughout the form of competition is one over innovation, product differentiation, not over price. What would a hundred respected neo classical economists say if confronted with your anecdote about allan blinder's research and his subsequent book? They they simply don't look at the data. This is what i find absolutely stunning about them.
On this episode, we meet with Economist, Author, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy, Resilience, and Security at University College in London, Steve Keen.
Keen discusses how mainstream economics misses the centrality of energy to our economy and to our futures, the naive treatment to the risks of money and debt creation, and the disconnect economic theory has to climate change risks.
About Steve Keen:
Steve Keen is an economist, author of Debunking Economics and The New Economics: A Manifesto, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy, Resilience, and Security at University College in London.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/30-steve-keen