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There's a new book out by an econ prof with an Italian sounding name that is very relevant to this. It revisits economic ideas about value and reminds us that t
by lordnacho 7y ago
There's a new book out by an econ prof with an Italian sounding name that is very relevant to this. It revisits economic ideas about value and reminds us that the path we're down, completely subjective utility value, is possibly not how we ought to think about it. Of course neither is eg labour theory of value, but it sounds like there's some in-depth discussion of the historical idea of value in there. Totally forgot the lady's name.
- stevenwoo 7y agoThomas Piketty? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce...
- lordnacho 7y agoThat came out in 2013, and he's a man. Mariana Mazzucato https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29502362-the-value-of-everything https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29502362-the-value-of-ev...
- stevenwoo 7y agoI considered that perhaps there was a misremembered gender, and the ending of Piketty can be interpreted as Italian sounding, and it's the most talked about economic book of the last 10 years or so.
- lacaua 7y agoThe Value of Everything - Mariana Mazzucato