From the Book - First edition.
Foreword: Economies, and economic theory, at the crossroads
Introduction: Social naming disorder and the vocabulary of deception
A is for Adam Smith, asset-price inflation and austerity
B is for bubble, and the bailout that follows
C is for casino capitalism
D is for debt deflation and the debt peonage it leads to
E is for economic rent and "euthanasia of the rentier" who extracts it
F is for fictitious capital and the FIRE sector where it is concentrated
G is for the grabitization and the groundrent that is its main objective
I is for inner contradiction and the invisible hand
J is for the junk bonds and junk economics
L is for learned ignorance
M is for marginalism and the money manager capitalism
N is for neofeudalism and its neoliberal advocates
P is for ponzi scheme and the pension-fund capitalism that feeds it
R is for rentiers and the race to the bottom they sponsor
S is for Say's law and serfdom
T is for trickle-down economics
V is for the vested interests
W is for wealth addiction
X & Y are for the X and Y axes
Z is for the zero-sum activity
The 22 most pervasive economic myths of our time
Methodology is ideology, and dictates policy
Does economics deserve a Nobel Prize (Commonweal 1970)
Hudson bubble model : from asset-price inflation to debt-strapped austerity (formulas and charts)
Eric Draitser's 2015 CounterPunch radio interview with Michael Hudson.
