Srsly Neighbors 1: Economics as Horseshit

Srsly Wrong and Neighbor Science present their first crossover episode, Wrong Science; Neighbor Wrong; Srsly Neighbors. 

Aaron, Shawn, and Ryan discuss some of the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics, which are so ridiculous they're almost unbelievable.

Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)

 

Books referenced:

Debunking Economics

Debt: The First 5000 Years

Against the Grain

Seeing like a State

The Invention of Capitalism

The Modern Corporation and Private Property 

Capital as Power (PDF)