Michael Thrower Chowdhury
@BevansAdvocate
he/him | Australian economist living in Sydney | Views expressed are my own | http://www.bevansadvocate.com | https://bsky.app/profile/bevansadvocate.bsky.social
My Books Threads: Thread A few folks have asked if I could consolidate the lists I've made and pin them so here goes. 1) Best books on Economic Inequality.
Best books on Economic Inequality. 1) Inequality - Tony Atkinson. Absolutely THE book on inequality and what can be done about it. Atkinson was a giant in the profession and this book reflects this, the length-insights ratio of this book is amazing.
I have an identical twin brother who is also an economist interested in inequality and the welfare state
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These are some entry friendly macroeconomics books. If you'd like to learn basic concepts you'd probably be better off reading Mankiw's textbook
Can someone recommend a few good books for learning macroeconomics
The propensity to truck, barter, and exchange
What makes us human
Here's a few well written critiques of mainstream economics
A few recommended readings on the welfare state
I wrote a piece for the guardian about the reaction to my settlers documentary. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.
Adam Smith claiming that in the 18th century, "an African king" was poorer than a British "industrious and frugal peasant", visualised
Why 5 when you only need 1
5 great books that will make you Intelligent 📚📗📖 1. Skin in the Game
My favourite reads of the year so far
Food should never come with gunfire. Over 500 Palestinians have been killed and 4,000 injured under Israel’s militarized distribution scheme in Gaza. This is not a humanitarian response. More than 170 organizations, including @Amnesty, are calling for an end to this deadly…
Would the effect not be indeterminate? Depending on whether the income or substitution effect predominates
Wages going up would not cause a baby boom. It would increase the opportunity cost of having kids.
On this topic, if you are interested in unions from both an economic and social perspective, these are excellent
Solidarity is an ethos which is unfortunately lacking in our age. A lot of people understand the ethics of self interest, usually via exchange, and even understand charity. But a community standing together, as a collective, they find confusing.