Tag Archives: Albert Hirschman

Hirschman’s trespassing creativity

Economist Rajiv Sethi writes an appreciation of the great economist Albert Hirschman on his 96th birthday.  In The Self-Subversion of Albert Hirschman he writes: Interesting lives make for interesting ideas, and Hirschman’s is a case in point. Born to a … Continue reading

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Short Links: anthropology and loyalty

1) From Savage Minds, An interactive Anthropological theory timeline, and another, non-interactive, one. 2) Economist Rajiv Sethi reflects on Albert Hirschman‘s classic book Exit, Voice and Loyalty – I last read it over 15 years ago, Sethi’s reflection inspire me … Continue reading

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Hirschman’s Rhetoric of Reaction

On the Ecological Economics weblog Dave Iverson reminds us of the great American economist Albert Hirschman‘s book The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy. Iverson writes on Hirschman’s thoughts on dialogue and democracy: As I read it, I wondered, once … Continue reading

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Economic Understanding

Foreign Policy magazine has brief editorial essay Economist Class by Moisés Naím on the state of current economics. A survey published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives found that 77 percent of the doctoral candidates in the leading departments in … Continue reading

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