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As 2018 comes to an end, I rounded up the top 10 most-read posts of the year on the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community blog. You are welcome to (re)read and share them. I would like to use this opportunity and thank everyone for being here, liking and sharing - for making this community what it really is! Oleg Komlik https://economicsociology.org/2018/12/22/top-10-most-read-economic-sociology-and-political-economy-posts-of-2018/In 1951 John Kenneth Galbraith wrote Milton Friedman to thank him for giving a lecture at #Harvard #economics department. This very short letter is not only a typical example for #Galbraith’s eloquence and sardonic phrasing, but underlines his ability to combine conceptual open-mindedness with a sincere standpoint of his own. Read, and more: https://economicsociology.org/2018/11/23/galbraith-vs-friedman-the-emancipation-of-belief-is-the-most-formidable-of-the-tasks-of-reform-the-one-on-which-all-else-depends/Tags
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