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Robert Skidelsky - How and How Not to do Economics.
The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) has launched a new lecture series on "How and How Not to do Economics" with Robert Skidelsky [see the original INET video page or YouTube playlist; see also the introductory animation featuring Skidelsky.]
In this course of lectures, economic historian Lord Robert Skidelsky guides us through a wide-ranging discussion about economics. He addresses the discipline’s core questions; What is economics for? What is it about? How should it be done? How is it connected to morals and politics? The series shows how understanding economics beyond mathematical models can lead us to comprehend the world better.
Skidelsky discusses various topics essential to our appreciation of what economics can and cannot achieve under current methods, and how expanding our perspective can improve it.. He discusses topics ranging from the scope and definition of economics, the departure of allocation from classical themes of growth and trade, the limitations of equilibrium and stability, the philosophy and methodology of economics, the interface between rationality and psychology, the importance of paying attention to institutions and sociology, the influence of power, the relevance of studying the history of economic thought and economic history, and how to bring ethics back into economics.
We have put together a set of online resources for those who wish to dig deeper into the references Professor Skidelsky makes in the lectures. The links below, organized by video episode, go to economist profiles, to schools of thought, and essays and surveys currently available on the History of Economic Thought (HET) Website.
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