? Prof. Keen's debunking of the Nobel prize-winning work of economics William Nordhaus ? The role of Energy in the economy and why classical economic models fail to consider it ? Why Prof. Keen says the risks posed by climate change are far worse that Nordhaus estimates ? Prof. Keen's prediction of an eventual energy short for traders (and our host's disagreement)
Steve Keen is an Australian-born, British-based economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. Keen was formerly an associate professor of economics at University of Western Sydney, until he applied for voluntary redundancy in 2013, due to the closure of the economics program at the university. In autumn 2014 he became a professor and Head of the School of Economics, History and Politics at Kingston University in London. He is also a fellow at the Centre for Policy Development. He is the author of Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? (The Future of Capitalism).