Issue 488 of New Internationalist

December 2015

10 economic myths

Does repeating a thing make it true?
The followers of mainstream economic dogma must surely think ‘Yes’. After the financial crash of 2008 and the malaise ever since, they haven’t changed their tune much. Their prescriptions don’t work but the patients – you or me – are still
being dosed with ‘freemarket’ medicine.
We’ve worked on this edition in the spirit of providing something of an antidote. The economic bottom line is inevitable, say the powers that be.