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Re:Economists effectively assume that capitalism is unnecessary by dredmorbius on Monday October 26, 2015 @03:09PM (#10453672)
If you're going to mention Keen, you should note that his true hero and influence (reflected in the name of his analytic software) is Hyman Minsky, a rather underappreciate 20th century economist (not to be confused with the AI researcher Marvin Minsky, whom I'd initially referenced, since edited):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_Minsky

Yes, Keen does abstract from both Keynes and Hayek (who's among the less-strident Austrian School types), but neither are his primary focus.

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Re:Economists effectively assume that capitalism is unnecessary by carsongross on Monday October 26, 2015 @03:24PM (#10453773)
Thank you for mentioning that, I should have pointed it out in my initial comment.
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Re:Economists effectively assume that capitalism is unnecessary by dredmorbius on Monday October 26, 2015 @05:38PM (#10454674)
To be fair, Keen neglected to mention it in the entry as well. Interesting, as he frequently does.

And he did conspicuously mention Hayek.

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