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Steve KeenAustralian economist
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Steve Keen: Biography
Steve Keen is an Australian economist and professor of economics and finance at the University of Western Sydney. He has a diverse range of research interests, including nonlinear modeling of economic dynamics, economic theory, and the history of economic thought.
As an author, Keen is best known for his bestselling book "Debunking Economics," where he identifies himself as a post-Keynesian economist. He criticizes both neoclassical and Marxist economic theories, considering them contradictory, unscientific, and reliant on unsupported assumptions. Instead, Keen relies on his own mathematical research and draws inspiration from economists such as Hyman Minsky, Piero Sraffa, Joseph Schumpeter, and Francois Quesnay, a founding member of the French Physiocratic School.
Keen's latest work primarily focuses on mathematical modeling and the modeling of financial instability. He is a member of the Centre for Policy Development, an independent Australian research organization. In addition to his own website, Keen also maintains a prominent blog where he addresses current issues in the Australian economy.
Apart from "Debunking Economics," Professor Keen has published numerous articles in professional journals.
Early Life and Education
Steve Keen was born in 1953. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sydney in 1974. In 1976, he attained a Bachelor of Laws from the same institution, followed by a teaching degree from Sydney Teachers' College in 1977.
In 1990, Keen earned a Master's degree in economics and economic history with distinction from the University of New South Wales. He went on to defend his Ph.D. in economics at the University of New South Wales in 1998.
Accolades
In May 2010, Professor Keen was awarded the Revere Award for Economics, securing first place in the voting and surpassing his closest competitors, Nouriel Roubini from New York University and Dean Baker from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
