Ep. 472 Pontus Rendahl on His Failed Outreach to Heterodox Economists
Pontus Rendahl is a neoclassically trained economist who spent a decade at the University of Cambridge, which has a long tradition of hosting heterodox economics. He made good-faith efforts to interact with these outsiders but reports that the attempt bore little fruit.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- The YouTube version of this interview.
- The link for this episode’s sponsor, Monetary Metals.
- Pontus Rendahl’s twitter thread on his outreach efforts.
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About the author, Robert
Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.
Nice discussion.
How do mainstream economists deal with the false signal(s) of lower than equilibrium interest rates on decision makers in an economy
The vast majority of mainstream economists don’t even think of prices guiding people in that way, and they really don’t think of interest rates coordinating intertemporal production.