We grew so fast that there was this tendency or direction to attribute some of this largess to human creativity and technology. Ase they didn't understand the math of these fossil armies that came out of the ground to support our economies. How did economic models evolve into the a biophysically delusiona ones we have to day? largely because it became part of the ardeology of the contest between workers and capitalis over the distribution of income.
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