Contours of Crisis II: Fiction and Reality

Abstract

Economists tell us that the current crisis is our punishment for letting the fiction of finance distort the real economy. But what exactly is this “real” economy and how does finance distort it? Do the economists have a clue?

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Contours of Crisis II: Fiction and Reality. Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. (2009). Dollars & Sense. April. (Article - Magazine; English).

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