Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

.@BCAppelbaum has written a great new book -- a scathing indictment of the economics profession and its dogmatic faith in markets, and their role in creating our current disastrous mess.

I spoke to Appelbaum about his book. A fascinating conversation:

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@BCAppelbaum One thing I want to flag from my interview with @BCAppelbaum is our exchange on conservative nationalism.

We talk about what's really driving the turn against markets among conservative nationalists, and Appelbaum is very good on this point:

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And here's @BCAppelbaum's bottom line:

"Our problem is inequality. We’ve been indifferent to inequality for a very long time in our public policy. The first step towards improving the situation is simply taking the problem seriously."

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Another crucial point from @BCAppelbaum:

"We’ve lost track of the fundamental truth that markets are a human creation. They have rules, either by default or by choice. And the structure of those rules determines who will benefit from it, and how."

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@BCAppelbaum I really liked this exchange with @BCAppelbaum about markets, regional inequalities, and the social dissolution that conservative nationalists like to lament.

It will take two tweets to lay it out. First:

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@BCAppelbaum And here's part 2 of that exchange, which gets into the differences between the progressive and conservative nationalist critiques of markets:

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