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22 Feb 2023 Conversations with Tyler Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress
“I would say Red Plenty by Francis Spufford is a wonderful novel about economics.”
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- 22 Feb 2023
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…Do you think there’s any novel or movie that is really quite good for understanding economics? Or is the seen-versus-unseen distinction too much of a distortion, that in novels and in movies there’s too much intent and not enough invisible hand? Oh, I would actually say Red Plenty. I would say Red Plenty by Francis Spufford is a wonderful novel about economics. What’s your favorite video or computer game right now?…
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