Licence to Be Bad
by Jonathan Aldred · first published 2019
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Arrow's work is covered (at a high level) in "Licence to be Bad, How Economics Corrupted Us" by Jonathan Aldred: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/306/306792/licence-to-be-bad... Edit: A really good book - once I finished listening to the audiobook version I went…
on “The Economics of Kenneth Arrow” ↗I can recommend the book "Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted Us" by Jonathan Aldred - it makes a pretty strong case that the way economics has influenced politics over the last few decades has had a pretty strong negative impact on society:…
on “Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. They’re Back” ↗'Licence to be Bad - How Economics Corrupted Us' by Jonathan Alred, a Cambridge economist, engagingly tells how a group of economic theorists changed our world' in terms of how wealth maximization became the new morality.…
on “Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?” ↗I found License to be Bad a fascinating view of the field of economics: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/306/306792/licence-to-be-bad...
on “How should economists think about biodiversity?” ↗