Ok, this might be a long shot, but I'll let it go anyway. After a long weekend of homo oeconomicus -bashing at Philosophy of Management conference, I could not but read Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization with the same glasses on. Naturally, he discusses madness (which is far from economics), quoting Louis-Sébastien Mercier:
The presentation was given by Prof. Robert Shiller the other day. Chaired by the director of the LSE, Howard Davies, this very topical and interesting public lecture may have practical consequences as well.
