Dead Economists Society – An Interintellect Salon Series

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“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back” ~ John Maynard Keynes

Welcome to a salon track exploring those “defunct economists” whose ideas are still shaping the world around us, and the new ideas that are “lying around”, ready in wait, to change our world again.

Each salon in this ongoing track will revisit one of the lesser-known dead economists and discuss how their ideas have evolved and been changed and championed by contemporary thinkers, writers, philosophers, politicians, and economists. 

After all, ideas change the world. Best we understand them.

Hosted by: Bronwyn Williams and Peter Isztin

SAVE THE DATE: The D.E.S. Salons will run on the first Thursday of each month!

Note: This is a Salon track. While you can attend individual Salons within the track, it is highly recommended that you acquire an Interintellect membership while you attend the track. This will give you access to the community Discord, discounts on all of our Salons, and more. For more information about Salon tracks, see here.

Dates & Times: First Thursday of the month, 8pm EU time zone (7pm London time, 2pm EST)
The track will begin with two pre-arranged salons, and will continue into the future.
Price: $20 — you can purchase tickets by clicking on individual salons below.
Recommended Reading: The Price of Everything

#	Date	Title
1	4-March-21	Taxing things, not time; property not people : From Henry George to Glen Weyl and All sorts in Between
2	1-April-21	Spontaneous Order and the “Un-Tragedy” of the Commons : From the Scottish Enlightenment through Hayek to Elinor Ostrom
3	6-May-21	Degrowth, Doughnuts, Postalgia and Progress
4	3-June-21	Luxury Values – Veblen Goods (and Bads) and the Leisure Class
5	1-July-21	Hey Big Spender! – A Dead Economists Society Salon
6	5-August-21	Life After Debt – A Dead Economists Society Series Salon
7	9-September-21	Inequality, Individualism, and Indispensability – From Adam Smith to Gary Becker, A Dead Economists Society Salon on the value of being different
8	13-October-21	The Economics of Sex, Demography and the Economy: From Malthus to Only Fans
9	10-November-21	Irrationally Rational – From Adam Smith and Amos Tversky to the New-Wave of Nudges
10	8-December-2021	Dead Economists Salon Series : Playing Games – from The Prisoners’ Dilemma to Axie Infinity to Mutually Assured Destruction
11	19- January 2022	What Goes Up… A Dead Economists Salon on 60 Years of Capitalism, Freedom… and Inflation
12	16- February 2022	Cents and the City – A Dead Economists Salon on Urban NIMBYism, Progressivism (and, yes, Promiscuity)
13	23- March 2022	The Economics of Conflict — A Dead Economists Salon
14	20-April 2022	The Trade-Offs of Free Trade – A Dead Economists Salon