Abstract
Autore:
Filoso Valerio
Titolo:
"Sulla domanda di economia irrazionale: Naomi Klein vs. Milton Friedman"
The persistence of demand
for economic irrationality, as expressed by the
big success gained by the literature on no -
globalism, is an empirical puzzle and the recent
book by Naomi Klein The Shock Doctrine
is a rampant example. An explanation
for this anomaly is provided by the Caplan’s
theory of rational irrationality. While in the
field of natu ral sciences confutation of wrong
theories sets them apart forever, in the field of
economics rebutted theories can still have an
appeal on nonprofes sional readers, even
though the underlying theory has already
been proved wrong. This is due to the low private
cost of economic opinion and the big
gain derived from the illusion of grasping
complex economic phenomena.
