Lars P. Syll

The general equilibrium fixation As already stated, it is a complete misnomer to call the conditions under which the general economic equilibrium is discussed “free” or “perfect competition” … My quarrel is, however, not primarily with the word “competition,” but rather with the concentration on that largely irrelevant subject matter, whatever name is given to it. It is hard to explain the persistence of this fixation; perhaps it is the silent recognition...

Faktaresistenta foliehattar försökte starta en tidning Nättidningen Bulletin är en slående påminnelse om hur illa det kan gå när folie-hattarnas politiska vänner ger sig in på medieområdet. En skock högerhaverister med SD-anpassad agenda, renons på publicistiskt förstånd och journalistiskt omdöme, fick för sig att starta en tidning som på ett seriöst sätt skulle bli en motvikt till de etablerade kanalerna. Förebilden var, hette det, New York Times, men i...

Svenska vaccinmotståndare — fubickar i foliehatt [embedded content]

If the social sciences are useless, why do we study them? The thing about social science is that it hasn’t produced much. We social scientists don’t have an inferiority complex; we really are inferior. Physics has produced locomotives, semiconductors, and the atomic bomb. Chemistry has produced amazing new materials. Biology has produced the coronavirus vaccine, and lots more. Social science has produced . . . what, exactly? A method of evaluating...

On the use of logic and mathematics in economics Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion – thus: Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man. Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore- Conclusion: Sixty...

The truly scientific attitude I recall, with sadness, a comment made to me by the author of a well-known textbook. Upon being asked whether he accepted my analysis of demand theory as presented first in 1948, the reply was positive. He added that it would not be included in his advanced textbook because “it would upset too many things and be too disturbing, i.e., Dicta non movere.” So much for the acceptance of new scientific results and for a truly...

Erdogans Türkei — von der Demokratie zur Diktatur .[embedded content] Am Sonntagabend sah ich Monteverdis Die Krönung der Poppea in der Berliner Staatsoper, eine mythische Geschichte aus dem Intrigenpalast von Kaiser Nero. Bei der Krönungsszene am Ende liegt die Hälfte der Helden in ihrem Blut am Boden. Anschließend ging ich zum Bebelplatz, wo die Nazis 1933 Bücher ins Feuer geworfen haben. Ich versuchte, mir diese Nacht der Bücherverbrennung vor 85 Jahren...

My favourite library girls (personal) Hedda (7), Linnea (21), and Tora (28)

Using the wild bootstrap in SPSS (student stuff) .[embedded content]

Marx & Hegel — om den svåra konsten att vända en upp och nervänd värld rätt .[embedded content]