I was on the Paul Krugman show yesterday and it was good (for "talking about how the world is swirling down the pipeline" values of good). Paul's tastes and mine in science fiction shaped the conversation - on a different timeline I could imagine a 'here's how this SF writer's ideas explain the headlines' continuing feature. But on the timeline we're on, I was struck immediately by something different.
But on the timeline we're on, I was struck immediately by something different. Subscribe nowOne of the guiding themes of the conversation is that today's political economy is hard to grasp for social scientists who think about markets and mass politics. People like Paul and I come from fields that make a lot of simplifying assumptions.
People like Paul and I come from fields that make a lot of simplifying assumptions. Those assumptions seemed to work well for a very long time. Now, they may be less well suited than they used to be.