[p2p-research] Post-Autistic Economics

[Ryan Lanham]

I don't know if Michel or others have ever covered post-autistic economics.
But for the left of center person seeking to find a real but still
rebellious economic set of arguments, I think this vein is much more
productive than one is likely to find in contemporary (or certainly
historical) Marxism.

You can find a lifetime of free readings here: http://www.paecon.net/

I have, as I have said, real sympathies for socialist schemes in some
societies--Nordic socialism strikes me as particularly effective.  It is, in
my opinion, an unrealistic option for many places, the US and Japan
included, but I have great sympathy for the outcomes.

Post-autistic economics is realistic about the efficiencies and necessities
of markets, but also hammers hard in many cases at preventable causes of
poverty and gross social injustices.  I do not follow it as closely as I
once did, but much of the work is worldclass.

People have written me asking what to read:  I'd say read post-autistic
economics.

Some other books / intros that are worthwhile:

Easterly, William. *The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid
the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good*. Penguin Press HC, The,
2006
Ferguson, Niall, *The Ascent of Money*, 2008
Amartya Sen (1995). *Inequality Reexamined*. Harvard University Press.
Polanyi, Karl, *The Great Transformation*, 1944
Hayak, Friedrich, The Road to Serfdom, 1944


Ryan Lanham
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