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7 - Economic Stories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

David Ricci
David Ricci
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Chapter 6 shows how false Stories help to perpetuate the economic imbalance described in Chapter 4. These Stories include those of economic growth, comparative advantage, creative destruction, and ceaseless innovation. Most of them originate in mainstream economics, including praise for shareholder interests and insistence on social choice theory. Karl Polanyi claimed that such Stories, which endorse a society roiled by constant change, ignore what he called community welfare.

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Cognitive captureEconomic growthComparative advantageAbstinenceCreative destructionEntrepreneurshipInnovationKarlPolanyiRational individualismShareholders and stakeholdersLimited governmentSocial choice theoryFreedomExceptionalism
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Post-Truth American Politics
False Stories and Current Crises
 , pp. 97 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Economic Stories
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.007
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  • Economic Stories
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.007
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  • Economic Stories
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.007
Available formats
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