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13 Dec, 2008

A meta-analysis of the economic crisis

Posted by: nattsang In: economics|nutrition

It’s helpful when trying to gain new perspectives on a situation to elevate the altitude of the analysis. I thought I’d apply this to the current economic crisis by considering the study of economics. Called a “social science”, economics bears similarities to other sciences in that it’s about describing coherent stories that explain what we [...]

My two previous posts present a worrying possible conclusion to the way we’re living and the impact that we’re having on our own social fabric and environment today. It’s always easy to criticise and find the negative in our situation, so I’ve been thinking about what we can do to improve the situation, and what [...]