GregPius

Myself

I am a retired academic economist. This will be my 59th year on this planet.
I have written a book on Consumer Capitalism. It covers the consequences of the failure of the efficient market hypothesis .  It also covers the economic events since 2008; and tries to give alternate solutions rather than just more of the same orthodox platitudes.  John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman and their folllowers have dominated economic debate for too long .  In thisTwenty-First Century new answers are urgently required. Nothwithstanding this, all new ideas will be formulated from the heights already scaled by these eight great economic thinkers: Francoise Quesnay, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman.  Of these geniuses, I am more closely aligned with Karl Marx, but I have a lot of respect for the published work of John Maynard Keynes. I live in Sydney,  Australia. Having retired from work but not from life, I need new mental challenges. This year (2012) will be a "Me Time" year!  I recently finished nursing my father for over four years.  When he died (in November, 2011) I had a lifestyle choice to make. I decided to follow my dream of writing a book and running my own business. My hobbies include writing fast stories, posting story ideas, writing love poetry and walking for fitness. My favourite sport is cricket, but I also like Rugby.  I am not married and do not have any children. I do have a large extended family. One of my direct ancestors came from England, but was not a convict.  All my other ancestors came from Ireland. Those Irish ancestors were all farmers!
 i chose this social network site because it stimulates and develops my writing.