RISING 2014
Prof John Weeks (School of Oriental and African Studies)
The Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves the Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy
John Weeks, an American living in London, is professor emeritus of economics at SOAS, University of London. He has advised numerous governments and written and commented widely on economic and social issues in the United States, Europe and developing regions.
Prof Weeks will open the Waun Common Assembly debate with a talk exposing the myths of mainstream economics behind the public discourse and explaining why current policies fail to serve the vast majority.
Some reviews for Prof Weeks new book:
“Weeks’s dry and sarcastic style complements, and lightens, his deep analysis of the economic assumptions which many consider rational. […] his work has already played an extremely useful role helping us see and better understand some of the core economic truths we thought we knew.” —Steve Rushton, Occupy.com
“John F. Weeks has performed a big and important service. The economic dogma that sired the financial crash of 2008–9 and the longest recession for a century remains the dominant ideology, for lack of the coup de grace to consign it to oblivion. John F. Weeks sets about this task with a forthrightness and zeal akin to the biblical destruction of false prophets. This book should be read by all who seek the restoration of sanity in economics from the corrupting clutches of perhaps the biggest austerity hoax ever perpetrated.” —Michael Meacher, British Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton
Links
http://www.anthempress.com/economics-of-the-1-percent
John Weeks at the launch of new book
The Economics of the 1%