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Jan 2018
34m 32s

Should we listen to the Austrian School?

Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
About this episode
The Austrian School of Economics has been around since the 1870s, when Carl Menger wrote the Principles of Economics. They were a response to the conventional economic thought that prevails today. Phil Dobbie asks Professor Steve Keen whether there are elements of the Austrian school that we should take seriously – surely anyone who challenges traditional economics is worth listening to.

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