NZ Skeptics Conference – Is Economics a Science or a Religion?

Brian Easton is well known as an economist, a profession which he arrived at through a scientific route at the University of Canterbury (he is the only NZ economist with a D.Sc.) in the days when the university was deeply affected by the scepticism of Karl Popper.

Since then, he has worked in a wide variety of areas in economics, social statistics, public policy and history (he is writing a history of NZ from and economic perspective), yet he has never abandoned the scepticism of a scientist.

A critique of economics as a science and its role in public policy from one of the most well placed New Zealanders to provide one.

Brian’s speech can be listened to below:

Part I

[audio:https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/wp-content/upload/2009/09/Brian-Easton-Pt-I.mp3]

Part II

[audio:https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/wp-content/upload/2009/09/Brian-Easton-Pt-II.mp3]