Category Archives: philosophy of economics

How our economy is like an out of control AI

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith | 8 September 2019, 12:30pm First published at Independent Australia Humans, individually, can be incredibly brilliant but collectively we’re often puzzlingly stupid. To take a simple, uncontroversial example, we know that forests are critical for our survival. … Continue reading →

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A failure of collective intelligence

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith An essay I wrote has won second prize in New Philosopher magazine’s latest writer’s prize and has been published in the magazine. As I did with my last New Philosopher essay, I’ll probably publish this in another … Continue reading →

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Op-ed in The Australian that attacks my guardian article is incoherent

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Warwick Smith

The below op-ed was published in last week’s Australian. It is critical of my piece in The Guardian the week before. I contemplated publishing a reply but after reading the piece properly there’s actually very little substance to reply to. … Continue reading →

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The perils of the last human: flaws in modern economics

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Nietzsche’s much quoted line “God is dead” was not, as it is often presented, a statement of triumphant atheism but was a … Continue reading →

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His solutions are wrong, but it’s a good sign when even Rupert Murdoch is worried about inequality

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Warwick Smith

It would be a mistake to dismiss Murdoch’s concerns about inequality as nothing more than self-interest. It’s a victory for advocates of regulated markets. By Warwick Smith First published at The Guardian, Tuesday 28 October 2014 16.00 AEST Rupert Murdoch … Continue reading →

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The perils of the last human – by Warwick Smith in New Philosopher magazine

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Warwick Smith

Issue # 5 of New Philosopher is out today and in it is my piece about what we can learn from Nietzsche about modern political economy and climate change. For those of you who don’t know it, New Philosopher magazine … Continue reading →

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