Release date: September 30th, 2018

Chris Auld

In this episode, economist Chris Auld describes some common criticisms of his field and why they're wrong. Julia and Chris also discuss whether there are any good critiques of the field, and whether economists think that people with an addiction to alcohol or drugs are behaving rationally.

Links

"18 Signs You're Reading Bad Criticism of Economics" by Chris Auld

"The Price of Inequality" by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Edited by Brent Silk

Music by Miracles of Modern Science

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