There has to be a better way
Note: This was published as my last column on Business Spectator on April 6th, but itâs now gone missing after News Ltd merged BS with its own in-house stable and changed all the URLs. Given the...
View ArticleThe Divisive Vote Over Brexit
Andrew Watt has written a passionate critique of my support for Brexit (âProgressive economists should support Remain not Brexit â a response to Steve Keenâ), and it highlights a key feature of...
View ArticleWhat next after Brexit?
A clichéââExpect the Unexpectedââhas happened. As I noted in âThe Divisive Brexit Voteâ, though I favoured Brexit, I took the opinion polls at face value, and expected that Britain as a...
View ArticleInequality, Debt and Credit Stagnation
This was my keynote speech at the French Association for Political Economy (AFEP) annual conference in Mulhouse, France (the other keynote was givenâin Frenchâby my good friend Marc Lavoie, who is...
View ArticleThe need for pluralism in economics
For decades, mainstream economists have reacted to criticism of their methodology mainly by dismissing it, rather than engaging with it. And the customary form that dismissal has taken is to argue that...
View ArticleBBC Hardtalk on reforming economics
This interview, which was just recorded today, will go to air tomorrow at 4.30am, 9.30am, 4.30pm & 8.30PM GMT:read more...
View ArticleIncorporating energy into production functions
In my last post on my Debtwatch blog, I finished by saying that the Physiocrats were the only School of economics to properly consider the role of energy in production. They ascribed it solely to...
View ArticleOlivier Blanchard, Equilibrium, Complexity, And The Future Of Macroeconomics
I have observed and appreciated Olivier Blanchardâs intellectual journey over the last decade. It began in August 2008, with what must be regarded as one of the worst-timed papers in the history of...
View ArticleMy Speech at Occupy Sydney Five Years Ago
Apparently itâs the fifth anniversary of the day I gave this talk, to the Occupy movement in Sydney, in Martin Place, right outside the offices of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The day after, the...
View ArticleProf. Steve Keen on private debt and his solution peopleâs QE
Iâve had some tough interviews over the years (such as the BBC HARDtalk! interview earlier this year with Stephen Sackur), but Iâd have to credit the student interviewers at the University of...
View ArticleTeaching Economics the Pluralist Way
This is a talk I gave in Amsterdam to launch the Amsterdam Rethinking Economics critique of the current state of economics âeducationâ in the Netherlands. The text of my slides is reproduced...
View ArticleInfrastructure conference in Westminster Tuesday 24th
A new organisation called NEKS (for âNew Economic Knowledge Servicesâ, see www.neks.ltd) is holding its inaugural conference on the economics of infrastructure In Westminster on Tuesday January...
View ArticleSupport me on Patreon
Click here to support me on Patreon As I explain in this video, government attempts to turn University entrance into a marketplace have had the unintended side-effect of undermining pluralist...
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Can we avoid another financial crisis?
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View ArticleWhat if my analysis is used for evil purposes?
One of my Patrons posed a very good question to me: in a nutshell, how would I respond to a politician who took my ideas and perverted them for political gain? Hereâs Andreâs full query:read more...
View ArticleFreezing site/Moving to Patreon & Profstevekeen
Iâm freezing this site and moving to both Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/ProfSteveKeen) and a new website http://www.profstevekeen.com/. There are several reasons:read more...
View ArticleBrexit debate in London May 31st
Iâm taking part in a debate on one of the major topics in this yearâs election, Brexit, on May 31st at 7.30pm at Canham, 40 Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LW. The other speakers are Frances Coppola, and...
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Shutting down membership
I have recently established a Patreon site https://www.patreon.com/ProfSteveKeen, where people can support my research and advocacy work with donations starting at $1/month. That is now where I will...
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