I just read Michael Pollan’s cover story for NYT magazine, expecting a light and enjoyable read (and it is), given that it started with a discussion of Julia Child. However, he snuck a fair amount of the political economy of food in there: Those corporations have been trying to persuade Americans to let them do [...]
Archive for July 31st, 2009
Not-So-Home Cooking: Supply Creates Its Own Demand
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anthropology, Food policy on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tom Palley to Her Highness: “The failure was due to the sociology of the economics profession.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Economic Crisis, Economic Debates, economics as science, financial crisis on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Via Econospeak (which is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs), Thomas Palley has written a response to the Queen of England’s request for an explanation on why no one predicted the crisis. He was actually responding to a different response letter written by Tim Besley and Peter Hennessy, in which they argued that the [...]
