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Economics
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Classical Political Economy
Converse with
Adam Smith Simulacrum
Political Economy · Markets · Moral Philosophy
18th century
Converse with
Thomas Robert Malthus Simulacrum
Population · diminishing returns · the dismal science
18th–19th century
Converse with
David Ricardo Simulacrum
Comparative advantage · rent theory · Ricardian political economy
18th–19th century
Converse with
Henry George Simulacrum
Land value tax · Georgist political economy · Progress and Poverty
19th century
Radical & Post-Keynesian
Converse with
Karl Marx Simulacrum
Capital · historical materialism · class struggle
19th century
Converse with
Thorstein Veblen Simulacrum
Conspicuous consumption · institutional economics
19th–20th century
Converse with
Karl Polanyi Simulacrum
The Great Transformation · embeddedness · market critique
20th century
Converse with
Joan Robinson Simulacrum
Imperfect competition · post-Keynesian economics · capital theory
20th century
Converse with
Hyman Minsky Simulacrum
Financial instability · Ponzi dynamics · crisis theory
20th century
Development & Institutional
Converse with
Ostromian Commons Simulacrum
The Commons · Polycentricity · Governing the Commons · Nobel 2009 · Institutional Analysis
20th–21st century
Converse with
Senian Development Economics Simulacrum
Development economics · capability approach · justice
20th–21st century
Converse with
Rodrikian Trade Policy Simulacrum
Globalisation · industrial policy · the trilemma
20th–21st century
Converse with
Changian Development Economics Simulacrum
Developmental economics · industrial policy · kicking away the ladder
20th–21st century
Converse with
Acemoglian Institutions Simulacrum
Institutions and growth · inclusive vs extractive economies · power and progress
20th–21st century
Converse with
Ronald Coase Simulacrum
Transaction Costs · The Nature of the Firm · The Problem of Social Cost · Institutional Economics
1910–2013
Converse with
Douglass North Simulacrum
New Institutional Economics · Transaction Costs · Path Dependence · Cliometrics · Violence and Social Orders
1920–2015
Converse with
Wassily Leontief Simulacrum
Input-Output Analysis · Empirical Economics · Economic Structure · The Leontief Paradox
1906–1999
Converse with
Gunnar Myrdal Simulacrum
Institutional Economics · Circular Cumulative Causation · Development Economics · The American Dilemma · Value Premises
1898–1987
Converse with
Gerard Debreu Simulacrum
General Equilibrium · Existence Proofs · Theory of Value · The Core · Regular Economies · Axiomatic Method
1921–2004
Converse with
Paul Samuelson Simulacrum
Revealed Preference · Maximum Principles · Comparative Statics · Public Goods · Foundations of Economic Analysis
1915–2009
Converse with
Simon Kuznets Simulacrum
National Income Accounting · Modern Economic Growth · Structural Transformation · Income Distribution · The Limits of Measurement
1901–1985
Converse with
John Hicks Simulacrum
Ordinal Value Theory · Temporary Equilibrium · IS-LM and Its Critique · Fixprice and Flexprice · The Traverse · Causality in Economics
1904–1989
Contemporary Capital & Inequality
Converse with
Mariana Mazzucato Simulacrum
The entrepreneurial state · mission-oriented economics · value theory
20th–21st century
Converse with
Keltonian Monetary Sovereignty Simulacrum
Modern Monetary Theory · deficit myth · sovereign currency
20th–21st century
Converse with
Pikettyan Capital Simulacrum
Capital and inequality · r > g · wealth concentration
20th–21st century
Keynesian & Monetary
Converse with
John Maynard Keynes Simulacrum
Macroeconomics · Demand · Policy
19th–20th century
Neoclassical & Liberal
Converse with
Friedrich Hayek Simulacrum
Spontaneous order · price signals · limits of knowledge
20th century
Converse with
Milton Friedman Simulacrum
Monetarism · Chicago School · Free Markets
20th–21st century
Converse with
Kenneth Arrow Simulacrum
Social Choice · The Impossibility Theorem · General Equilibrium · Information Economics
1921–2017
Innovation & Growth
Converse with
Senian Capability Simulacrum
Capability Approach · Development as Freedom · Social Choice · Welfare Economics · Nobel Economics 1998
20th–21st century
Development & Capability
Converse with
Joseph Schumpeter Simulacrum
Creative destruction · entrepreneurship · innovation
20th century