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C. Wright Mills on the Personality Market

C.Wright Mills on the Personality Market and the interpersonal cash nexus

"Men are estranged from one another as each secretly tries to make an instrument of the other, and in time a full circle is made: one…Read More


Religion and economics: early Methodism was underpinned by sophisticated financial management

A great read by Clive Norris (Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University)


Homo Economicus is a man

Economics rejects women and discourages those who take up the subject — to the detriment of all, argues Frances Weetman


Nutrition: A world of insecurity

Malnutrition is a global problem. With population and consumption set to rise over the coming decades, achieving food security will require action on many fronts. This article is part of the Nature Outlook: Food security,…Read More


Better wisdom from crowds

The paper, “A solution to the single-question crowd wisdom problem,” is being published today in Nature. The authors are Prelec; John McCoy, a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive…Read More


What is human capital, anyway?

"In essence, the idea of human capital wasn’t new. Adam Smith had pointed out long before how the skills and abilities acquired by workers (eg, training, education, etc) can add economic value to an enterprise.…Read More