‘Homo Economicus’ Must Die | Nick Hanauer

Nick Hanauer’s rousing speech on the lies on which neoliberalism is built.

This piece is adapted from a speech delivered September 30th at MIT, where Nick Hanauer won the 2018 Harvard and MIT Humanist of the Year award. Read more about the award, as well as Editor Michael Tomasky’s Q&A with Hanauer. Read More

Watch “Town Square: Democracy as a Garden” By Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer on YouTube

Uploaded on Jan 4, 2012 The Seattle creators of the True Patriot Network suggest viewing democracy as a garden: functioning best according to the tendencies of nature, but also requiring vision, tending, and an understanding of connected ecosystems. Reproduced from: http://evonomics.com/complexity-economics-shows-us-that-laissez-faire-fail-nickhanauer/ Complexity Economics Shows Us Why Laissez-Faire Economics Always Fails Markets are a type of ecosystem… Read More