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Harry Johnson on what makes for an intellectual revolution
Filed under: history of economic thought, Milton Friedman Tagged: Brad Delong, Harry Johnson, methodology of economics, Milton Friedman
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Alfred Marshall on the facts speaking for themselves
Filed under: Alfred Marshall, applied price theory Tagged: Alfred Marshall, methodology of economics
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Gordon Tullock on the organisation of enquiry and the growth of knowledge
Filed under: Gordon Tullock Tagged: conjecture and refutation, growth of knowledge, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of the social sciences
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John Maynard Keynes on conjecture and refutation
Filed under: history of economic thought Tagged: conjecture and refutation, John Keynes, methodology of economics, philosophy of social sciences, political psychology, structure of scientific revolutions
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Noah Smith and economists cannot forecast when the next recession will be
Noah Smith is ranting today about how economists cannot forecast the timing of recession. He doesn’t use the most obvious argument. That argument is if you are any good at picking the timing of the...
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John Maynard Keynes on the usefulness of mathematical economists
A new biography of John Maynard Keynes reveals him to be something of a polymath econ.st/1FdudRL http://t.co/Rz0ui9V1lB— The Economist (@EconBizFin) May 13, 2015Filed under: Austrian economics,...
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The Triumph (and Failure) of John Nash’s Game Theory – The New Yorker
via The Triumph (and Failure) of John Nash’s Game Theory – The New Yorker.Filed under: applied price theory, history of economic thought, Public Choice Tagged: conjecture and refutation, game theory,...
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The different advisory roles of science and the humanities
Science vs. Humanities @DrBrianJohnson1 http://t.co/P4pmvDlDUP— C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) May 22, 2015Filed under: applied welfare economics Tagged: evidence-based policy, methodology of economics,...
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If You’re A Keynesian Then You Must Believe The Minimum Wage Increases...
Via If You’re A Keynesian Then You Must Believe The Minimum Wage Increases Unemployment and The Myopic Empiricism of the Minimum Wage, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty.Filed...
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Mises on the dangers of specialisation and economic analysis
Filed under: applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, Ludwig von Mises Tagged: division of labour, methodology of...
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The scientific method is a continuing process
Pseudoscience and conspiracy theory are not victimless crimes against science theconversation.com/pseudoscience-… http://t.co/P5IbPypN3Q— C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 05, 2015 Filed under:...
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The difference between economics and sociology is very simple
Filed under: applied price theory, applied welfare economics Tagged: methodology of economics, methodology of sociology, sociology
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On aping the methods of the physical sciences
If Einstein had been a social scientist… by Wiley Miller. gocomics.com/nonsequitur http://t.co/QVqdzMSFAw— (@SocImages) June 28, 2015Filed under: applied price theory, comparative institutional...
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George Stigler on the greatest limitation of mathematical economics
Filed under: George Stigler Tagged: mathematical economics, methodology of economics
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George Stigler on the growth of knowledge
via Stigler Conviction vs. Feynman Integrity | Paul Romer. Filed under: George Stigler, history of economic thought Tagged: conjecture and refutation, growth of knowledge, methodology of economics,...
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Mises on the role of statistics
Filed under: applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, econometerics, economic history, Ludwig von Mises Tagged: methodology of economics, philosophy of...
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Mises on experimental economics
Filed under: experimental economics, Ludwig von Mises Tagged: methodology of economics, philosophy of economics
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Settled science part 1: Is science ever actually settled?
Originally posted on The Logic of Science:We are constantly told that “everyone has a right to their opinion” and “there are two sides to every story.” Our entire news system is predicated on the...
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Who becomes a social scientist?
Charles Shultz on the social sciences… thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015… http://t.co/xVTf7kJ6KP— (@SocImages) July 19, 2015Filed under: labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tagged:...
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Mises on the social construction of irrationality
Filed under: applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Ludwig von Mises Tagged: human action, methodology of economics, philosophy of economics, rational irrationality, social psychology
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