The Pamela Paul Effect: Books betray us, yet still we cling to them
Many of us still venerate books. The evidence says they are not very good at what is supposed to be their primary job: putting new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
My presentation in London
https://youtu.be/S_SWo3Cj8Yc 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 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...