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Category Archives: Methodology
How Economics Found Science …and Lost its Subject Matter
Herewith an article that was published by INET a couple of weeks ago, and Evonomics more recently. I’m republishing it here as it’s my ‘blog of record’ as it were, but also because it enables me to make notes to … Continue reading
Academia: when there’s no ‘there’ there
I The university is one of the finest creations of European culture. Alas, as a troublesome fellow once said, all that is solid melts into air. I’m a bit shy of attributing things to a single cause. These things tend … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Methodology, Philosophy
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UK policy wonks following Troppo in saying the lock downs were a mistake (but hiding the message a bit)
Here at Clubtroppo, we have been saying for well over a month now that a quick look at the economic damage and the health damage of the responses to the corona virus tells you they dwarf the possible benefits of … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Death and taxes, Health, History, Methodology, Social Policy, Society
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Is it the social scientists job (or anyone else’s) to make models of reality? (Hint: no).
There is still, I think, not enough recognition by teachers of the fact that the desire to think – which is fundamentally a moral problem – must be induced before the power is developed. Most people, whether men or women, … Continue reading
My presentation in London
Herewith my presentation in London “Economic reform thinking as if we’d bothered to do it” and Martin Wolf’s commentary on it beginning at around the 40 minute mark. Judging from audience comments, a good time was had by all. You can download … Continue reading
The Norms of Science: Extract from Paul Romer
I was looking for something on economic method, and found this section of Paul Romer’s “The Trouble with Macroeconomics” which I thought was worth posting. Some of the economists who agree about the state of macro in private conversations will not … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Methodology, Science
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The middleware of democracy. Or from knowledge to wisdom: or at least knowledge 2.0
Simon Heffer’s High Minds presents us with a portrait of the mid-Victorians in which they consciously set about building the world which became ours. A liberal democratic world. To do so they recognised the need for all sorts of public … Continue reading