Talking Economics, the Universe, and Everything on the Inspire Us Podcast
I had a great conversation with Alex and Dara who run the InspireUs podcast at SOAS. The fact that they were two young students discovering economics at roughly the age I was when I led the student revolt at Sydney University (in 1973!) led to a very freewheeling conversation, covering everything from mathematical theorems that disprove Neoclassical economics to my transition from conservative to radical over the Vietnam War.
We’ve arranged a follow-up interview for later this month, which should be posted some time in November. Here are some handy time stamps to this conversation:
00:00 Intro
02:50 Mainstream Economics was Disproved 100 Years ago
06:16 Theory of the Firm and Utility Functions are Wrong?
16:19 Ha-Joon Chang and Heterodox Economics
19:46 Revolution of Accepting new Ideas throughout History
36:08 Why don't economists talk about Minsky?
37:44 Personal Experiences with Pushback
39:00 Leading a Student Revolt at Sydnee Uni
51:04 Kamala Harris and Understanding Marxism
01:11:55 Ai and Robots
01:18:53 Predicting the Global Financial Crisis
01:21:31 Importance of Minsky
01:31:02 Advice to Young Economists
01:33:35 Responding to Bjorn Lomberg, Jordan Peterson and Vivek Ramaswamy on Climate Change