Joe Earle and the econocracy

Joe Earle is an economist known for co-writing the book The Econocracy and is a founding member of the Post Crash Economics Society at Manchester University. Earle is a proponent of pluralism, reforming the economics curriculum and improving the public discussion about economic issues. Back in December 2016, Earle did an interview with Robert Johnson and the rest of this post is some quotes from the interview.

1. "The two main areas are reforming economics education in universities and trying to make the case to the general public about why this matters to them. This is something we call democratizing economics, which is about trying to make economics as a subject as a public conversation and a policymaking process more accessible, more participatory, more inclusive because we believe without that you can't really have democracy."

2. "In the book we talk about how econocracy is a system in which the economy has become the central goal of politics... [Today] it's become an increasingly narrow conversation. The people who feel like they have the language to be able to participate in that or to be able to make informed political choices is increasingly shrinking."