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unrepentant progress

(611 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2013, 03:22 PM Jun 2013

Mark Blyth: Austerity -- The History of a Dangerous Idea

If you watch one thing this week, then watch this lecture by political economist, and my favorite capitalist, Mark Blyth. The bits about the pre-WWII Japanese and German economies are particularly interesting.

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Mark Blyth: Austerity -- The History of a Dangerous Idea (Original Post) unrepentant progress Jun 2013 OP

Excellent Presentation on Economic History! mckara Jun 2013 #1

I was listening to this while moving around and missed some parts, but the idea that this man midnight Jun 2013 #2

Aye unrepentant progress Jun 2013 #3

mckara

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1. Excellent Presentation on Economic History!

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Sun Jun 23, 2013, 07:04 PM

Jun 2013

Thanks!

midnight

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2. I was listening to this while moving around and missed some parts, but the idea that this man

Reply to unrepentant progress (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 07:56 PM

Jun 2013

left me with is that the system is rigged and with debt.

unrepentant progress

(611 posts)

3. Aye

Reply to midnight (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 08:29 PM

Jun 2013

All this has happened before, and will happen again. It's the same bad idea we keep repeating. Well, when I say we, I mean the rich. Blyth however is much more hopeful than I am.

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