Recommended on this episode
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Marx in Contradiction
Roslyn Wallach Bologh (inferred)
“this beautiful book ... a great explanation”
“this beautiful book called Marx in contradiction you want to find a great explanation for Marxist philosophy”— Steve Keen
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Earth Abides
George R. Stewart (inferred)
“wonderful science fiction book”
“there's a wonderful science fiction book called the Earth abides about a world in which humans get wiped out”— Steve Keen
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Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work)
Michael Goodwin (inferred)
“they should start with that”
“there's a little book Econ Comics taking the con out of Economics um so they should start with that”— Steve Keen
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The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
“really powerful”
“I find the idea is of Ernest Becker with denial of death really powerful which is that humans will not only have emotions”— Steve Keen
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Mathematica
Wolfram Research (inferred)
“another amazing piece of software”
“I mean I first did that in Mathematica uh back in 1992 ... mathematics is another amazing piece of software”— Steve Keen
ProductRecommended
Mathcad
PTC (inferred)
“I prefer”
“I prefer like a program called mathcad which is what I'm using for all my when I do my mathematics on the computer”— Steve Keen
MediaRecommended
Scent of a Woman
Martin Brest (inferred)
“one of my favorite films”
“it's like that Scent of a Woman one of my favorite films where alucino gives advice to a cat”— Steve Keen
The guest's own work
BookBy the guest
The New Economics: A Manifesto
Steve Keen
“he has written several books I recommend including the new economics and Manifesto and debunking economics”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guestISBN verified
Debunking Economics
Steve Keen
“he has written several books I recommend including the new economics and Manifesto and debunking economics”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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A Brief History of Doom
Richard Vague
“which Richard vague covers beautifully in the uh brief history of Doom”— Steve Keen
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Capital (Das Kapital)
Karl Marx
“we bunch of about 20 or 30 of us reading our way through marks Capal like what which volume one volume one capital”— Steve Keen
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Grundrisse
Karl Marx
“it occurs in a footnote on page 267 to 268 of the penguin edition of the griesa”— Steve Keen
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
“reading a cardboard cutout version of uh of the wealth of of The Wealth of Nations it's uh I find his worth trivial”— Steve Keen
MediaReferenced
Mao's Last Dancer
Bruce Beresford (inferred)
“there's actually a classic book and movie as well we called M's last answer ... a young man explaining his progression from being a dancer in the cultural revolution”— Steve Keen
MediaReferenced
The Matrix
The Wachowskis (inferred)
“if you're a fan of the Matrix movies at all ... what what's agent Smith says when he's got uh Morpheus in his possession”— Steve Keen
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Avatar
James Cameron (inferred)
“I'll use another movie The Avatar type respect for the cycle of life we need to have that as part of our innate nature”— Steve Keen
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The Great Escape
John Sturges (inferred)
“we stare in all its glory in a not in 42 BMW yeah okay it was exactly the same as Steve McQueen and Great Escape”— Steve Keen
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python (inferred)
“that uh Mon Mon Life of Brian was lived out live ah look at the bright side of life”— Steve Keen
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