In this paper I analyse how I became an economist and at the same time a democratic socialist and a Christian. I also explained how I became politically involved after my graduate studies at Cambridge in the late 1950s and started lecturing at Adelaide. When back in Cambridge, teaching in the...

Over the past twenty-five years the Duke history of economics faculty, together with the collection development librarians in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, have been gathering the papers of notable (mostly) twentieth century economists in what is now called The...

This draft chapter for the Elgar International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics is intended to give advice to instructors who might be teaching a history of economic thought course to undergraduates for the first time or who have perhaps been teaching for a while but would like to...

The current crisis has triggered significant debate concerning economic theory and policy. Largely absent from this debate is an informed discussion of the methods used by economists in analysing the economy and formulating their proposals. But method matters. Here I argue that current academic...

While the most recent financial crisis highlighted a myriad of problems within mainstream economics, the call for reform has been widespread, long-standing, and deep-seated. This paper reaffirms this call from a historical perspective, with accelerating climate change adding a sense of urgency....

English Abstract: Amartya Sen is often described as an insightful critic of mainstream economics, and in particular, his work in development economics, alongside the construction of the capabilities approach, has been associated with endeavors to revisit both the theory and practice of the...

There are some common laws in the universe. Economists widely accept the principles of Newton's laws of motion. Specific theorems of physics are more eligible analogues to the expressions of economics. Equation of momentum can be the best analogue of equation of exchanges. The virgin form...

CAPITAL is a work of logic; but the conclusions of Capital keep a great distance from that of the reality. However, the academic circles have not yet discovered the real origin of the logical defect in CAPITAL, which has been a logical puzzle perplexing the academic circles for more than a...

Over the past twenty-five years the Duke history of economics faculty, together with the collection development librarians in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, have been gathering the papers of notable (mostly) twentieth century economists in what is now called The...

Analyses why we have a globalised economy that is so volatile and vulnerable, at the same time as it increases the gap between rich and poor, as well as producing such huge negative impacts on the environment. Also proposes a comprehensive plan for creating the right sort of globalised economy