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Cheap news is bad news
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Cheap news is bad news

The business model for news is broken. That means there’s less public accountability. A failing of democracy that is an economics problem. So what’s the answer? Steve and Phil try and figure it out.

The new industry is struggling to survive, with far reaching consequences on public accountability and democracy. Steve says part of the problem could have been fixed with a suitable micropayments system, so readers could consume articles without subscribing to papers in full.  Phil’s not so sure, pointing to the fact that an increasingly large proporti…

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Building a New Economics
The Debunking Economics Podcast
Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how it reflects on society.ems-based alternative to mainstream economics