Events
Location: S0.20 Social Sciences
‘Self-Destruct: the Rise and Fall of Economic Paradigms’
Why do economic paradigms such as communism, Keynesianism, or neoliberalism influence the economic policies of dozens of countries for decades at a time and then fall? How much influence do they exert? Why do they fail? This lecture proposes a new approach to the comparative study of economic paradigms. It employs an analysis of the rise and fall of neoliberalism worldwide to develop a theory of the influence of paradigms in economic policy and to shed light on problems of economic policy today.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.
All staff and students are welcome.