Ep 256: Pramit Bhattacharya Believes in Just One Ism
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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I'm Not a Conservative Economist, but I'm a Liberal Economist
After the leman crash, there was a lot of discantment about the models we are taught in economics. So i wanted this inter discipliny course that they offered - it was like ana abetical. And during our coarse work and everything, i was exposed to readings in sociology, ind political science,. And had come with a very wide eyed sort of admiration for other social sciences. But somehow i never transitioned into the left camp, if i may put it that way. Like, on balance, i still felt that the market approached worked best as far as production was concerned. When it came to distribution, i did favor heavy role of the state, especially in education and health.
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