The Road to Hell: the Impact of Erroneous Scientific Theories on the World Economy and Civilization Itself

John Smythies ()

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2015, vol. 6, issue 4, 865-869

Abstract: This paper explores the effect that certain basic scientific theories about the nature of human beings (in particular the mind/brain hypothesis) have upon the human condition. It is argued that these theories set the gnostic background, which determines to a large extent the psychological effects of economic disasters and what can be done to prevent and ameliorate them. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Identity theory; Weltanschauung; Economic disasters; Values; Psychoeconomics; Racism; National Socialism; Communism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s13132-013-0152-9

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