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GOAT: Who is the greatest economist of all time and why does it matter?econgoat.ai/en

From Tyler Cowen:

"Do you yearn for something more than a book? And yet still love books? How about a book you can query, and it will answer away to your heart’s content? How about a book that will create its own content, on demand, or allow you to rewrite it? A book that will tell you why it is (sometimes) wrong?

That is what I have tried to build with my latest work. It’s called GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?"

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67 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 8 Jan

Adam Smith, because, "Wealth of Nations"

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 8 Jan

Right. He was the icebreaker and brought the abstract idea of the ''invisible hand'' into the scientific discussion.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @scottathan 9 Jan

For me it's Hayek. I've never seen another economist who is as humble and awed with the massive complexity of the world. Hayek pushed the economic discipline to seriously consider learning and knowledge

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @dk OP 9 Jan

what's your favorite article to read to get acquainted with Hayek?

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @scottathan 9 Jan

This is a good synopsis of his ideas and links to reading on it. https://fee.org/articles/five-of-hayeks-biggest-ideas-a-study-guide/

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @dk OP 9 Jan

https://fee.org/articles/five-of-hayeks-biggest-ideas-a-study-guide/

Thank you! 🙏

Queued up to read. This looks like just the kind of thing I was hoping for.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @shado_op 8 Jan

Ok, so I have read both Wealth of Nations AND The Communist Manifesto... Although I obvs veer toward Adam Smith, both are useful for serious students of economics... Both need to be read in their original form, not summaries or reviews. Both Smith and Marx provide powerful critiques of capitalism, from opposite perspectives. And both provide positive and negative criticisms (Smith rails against monopoly, Marx acknowledges the progressive march of capitalism from an agrarian economy). From the OP on this thread, they both make you think, and challenge what you believe. I recommend reading both in their original form; this is where it all started; and they're so old, they're really cheap! (Edited).