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Against Economics | David Graeber

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AdvertisementSubmit a letter:Email usReviewed:by Robert SkidelskyYale University Press, 492 pp., $35.00There is a growing feeling, among those who have the responsibility of managing large economies, that the discipline of economics is no longer fit for purpose. It is beginning to look like a science designed to solve problems that no longer exist.A good example is the obsession with inflation. Economists still teach their students that the primary economic role of government—many would insist, its only really proper economic role—is to guarantee price stability. We must be constantly...

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