Video: Stephen Marglin: Rethinking Economics

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Stephen Marglin, Rethinking Economics, May 21, 2007by Marcus Morrell, © Big Picture TV 2008

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Stephen Marglin believes we must recognize limits to mainstream economics. He says that we should start to rethink assumptions behind modern economic thought, and work to create a new economics based on a more accurate set of assumptions.

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Rethinking Economics
Running time
2m 40s
Filmed
Hamburg, Germany, May 21, 2007
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Marcus Morrell
About Stephen Marglin
Professor, Harvard University

Stephen A. Marglin is a professor of Economics at Harvard University. His current research focuses on the foundational assumptions of economics, asking to what extent these assumptions are a reflection of the culture and history of the Modern West rather than a set of facts about a universal human nature.

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