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GOAT (Tyler Cowen)

Also known as GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?

A work by Tyler Cowen

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    Milton Friedman's chief intellectual flaw was wanting to make economics too simple., John Maynard Keynes is best understood as a British aesthete rationalist who did economics in his spare time, not primarily as an economist., All thinkers are shaped indelibly by the region they grew up in. …

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korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Milton Friedman's chief intellectual flaw was wanting to make economics too simple. (opens korrents.com)1

  2. John Maynard Keynes is best understood as a British aesthete rationalist who did economics in his spare time, not primarily as an economist. (opens korrents.com)1

  3. All thinkers are shaped indelibly by the region they grew up in. (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Keynes's bisexuality and strong interest in gay sex were a significant cause of his ability to grasp different and outside perspectives. (opens korrents.com)1

  5. There is no clearly defined notion of who the right people are to entrust with power, which warrants deep skepticism of government on public choice grounds. (opens korrents.com)1

  6. The General Theory is a brilliant work despite numerous flaws in reasoning, exposition, and microeconomics. (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter? (korrents) (opens korrents.com)

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