Reveries

Neoclassical economics turned to be the main ideology on Social Sciences in the last forty years. Not only economics, but political science, sociology, anthropology and even History became hostage of the intellectual dungeon represented  by the methodology established by Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys (not a rhythm & blues band, as some could suppose). [...]

Veiko Spolitis just sent this video to me this morning.

Nothing new. They’ll never change. It’s always the dicotomy: keynesianism to the rich, monetarism to the poor. Although the author doesn’t understand what is happening in Latvia, it’s a good article from South Africa! IMF using global crisis to ‘re-launch’ itself By Christi van der Westhuizen CAPE TOWN, May 15 (IPS) – The International Monetary Fund [...]

Ivars Ījabs is one of the most interesting political scientists in Latvia. He has really good ideas and has a multidisciplinary baggage that gives to him the ability to go beyond the usual boundaries of most of Latvia’s political scientists. We were colleagues at the PhD program of the University of Latvia. Ījabs wrote an [...]

Prof. Ha-Joon Chang is going to give a conference in SSE-Riga. He’s recognized as one of today’s leading heterodox economists. Focussing on development economics, he has published a number of critical studies examining the economic policy rich nations as well as international institutions such as the World Bank have advocated for less developed countries. The conference’s [...]

Finally the Latvian society is waking up for the problem of plagiarism. There’s a good article on today’s Diena about this issue. Dealing very often with plagiarism from my RSU students, I’m more and more convinced that it’s the result of three problems (have to say that our department is very serious and effective in this [...]

My page is online! There are some of my texts, a more complete page about me and some movies reviews. I’m planning to share more things, but I’m still planning what. The page address is: http://www,janisberzins.lv

A very interesting video of Fernando de Solo, Joseph Stiglitz and Naomi Klein discussing economic power. The main questions issued are: What is the role of the U.S. in the disposition of the world’s economic and environmental resources? How are financial markets best defended from economic shock? Does liberalization ensure prosperity? Enjoy!

Prof. Barry Eichengreen from UC Berkley discusses in this video the current crisis. Very recommend!