tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post5434221327038076443..comments2024-02-10T12:12:06.028+00:00Comments on The Real Blog: Tough on inequality, tough on the causes of inequalityDavid Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-76520061095812201432010-11-17T16:58:09.918+00:002010-11-17T16:58:09.918+00:00Absolutely!
The FPC as it currently operates is s...Absolutely!<br /><br />The FPC as it currently operates is simply not fit for purpose although how it can be changed I have no idea. My experience is that committees dedicated to the idea of playing it safe and sticking with the familiar, however inappropriate, wall off irritant voices much as an oyster does a bit of grit.<br /><br />To inform your thinking may I be so bold as to suggest three books I have read recently each of which is highly relevant in one way or another. They are (in suggested reading order):<br /><br />1) Cornered: The new monopoly capitalism and the economics of destruction by Barry C. Lynn<br /><br />2) Debunking Economics: The naked emperor of the social sciences by Steve Keen<br /><br />3) How Rich Countries Got Rich... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erick Reinert.<br /><br />All are hugely thought-provoking in a radical way. The first is quite easy, the others require a reasonably interest in and appetite for economics though not to degree level.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09261797893125328161noreply@blogger.com