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|guest=[[Timur Kuran]] | |||
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What if everything we are taught in Economics 101 is not only wrong, but may even be setting us up for populism, dictatorship or revolution? On this episode of The Portal, Eric is joined by renegade economist and professor [[Timur Kuran]] whose theory of "Preference Falsification" appears to explain the world-wide surge towards populism, and is now threatening to rewrite the core tenets of modern economics. | What if everything we are taught in Economics 101 is not only wrong, but may even be setting us up for populism, dictatorship or revolution? On this episode of The Portal, Eric is joined by renegade economist and professor [[Timur Kuran]] whose theory of "Preference Falsification" appears to explain the world-wide surge towards populism, and is now threatening to rewrite the core tenets of modern economics. | ||
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[[Timur Kuran]] could well be the most important economist you've never heard of. | [[Timur Kuran]] could well be the most important economist you've never heard of. | ||
[[File:ThePortal-Ep4 TimurKuran-EricWeinstein.png|600px|thumb|Eric Weinstein (right) talking with Professor Timur Kuran (left) on episode 4 of The Portal podcast]] | |||
== Participants == | == Participants == |