#195 - Steve Keen: PREDICTING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, The Church Of Neoclassicals, Climate Catastrophe, Cuba, & Is Bitcoin Money?
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Steve Keen and Zach discuss how Steve predicted the 2008 financial crisis and housing collapse, why Neoclassical Economics is more like a Church than a science, whether 'The New Economics' proposed by Steve can pull us back from the brink of climate catastrophe, a trip to Cuba, and the question of "Is Bitcoin money?"
Guest Bio: Steve Keen is a heterodox economist and author of 'Debunking Economics' and 'The New Economics: A Manifesto'
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