Robert Waldmann: Economic Theory as a Subbranch of Mathematics

delong.typepad.com - 1/18/2009

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Robert Waldmann winds up and asks a question: Hoisted from Comments: Grasping Reality: Fama's Fallacy V: Are There Ever Any Wrong Answers in Economics? : "Economic science" is a phrase like "military intelligence." Out of respect for my fellow economists and the DIA I won't name that ...

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