Myth-Busting

Piercing the veil of corporate social responsibility - why voluntary corporate virtue is no substitute for regulation and accountability.

Exposing the fiction of efficient financial markets - examining bubbles, crashes, and the real behavior of financial systems.

Deconstructing the myth of the self-made billionaire - examining how luck, inheritance, and social infrastructure create 'individual' success.

Exposing the externalities and hidden costs that market prices don't capture - from environmental destruction to social breakdown.

Challenging the assumption that consumers make rational choices - exploring how marketing, psychology, and limited information shape our decisions.

Examining the threat of capital flight - why the mobile capital argument is often overstated and used to justify policies that favor the wealthy.

Challenging the belief that inequality reflects natural differences in talent and effort - examining how institutions create and shape inequality.

Debunking the myth that more education automatically leads to economic prosperity - exploring the limits of human capital theory.

Debunking the myth that people are purely self-interested - human motivations are complex and assuming the worst leads to worse outcomes.

Debunking the myth that poor people are poor because they don't work hard - exploring structural causes of poverty.