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Lars Pålsson Syll
Professor at Malmö University. Primary research interest - the philosophy, history and methodology of economics.

Lars P. Syll

Econometric illusions

Because I was there when the economics department of my university got an IBM 360, I was very much caught up in the excitement of combining powerful computers with economic research. Unfortunately, I lost interest in econometrics almost as soon as I understood how it was done. My thinking went through four stages: 1.Holy shit! Do you see what you can do with a computer’s help. 2.Learning computer modeling puts you in a small class where only other members of the caste can...

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Oft gefragt

 [embedded content] Zu Hause bist immer nur du Zu Hause bist immer nur du Du hast mich abgeholt und hingebracht Bist mitten in der Nacht wegen mir aufgewacht Ich hab in letzter Zeit so oft daran gedacht Hab keine Heimat, ich hab nur dich Du bist zu Hause für immer und mich In loving memory of my mother, Lisbeth.

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Observational data and causal inference

Observational data and causal inference Distinguished Professor of social psychology Richard E. Nisbett takes on the idea of intelligence and IQ testing in his Intelligence and How to Get It (Norton 2011). He also has some interesting thoughts on multiple-regression analysis and writes: Researchers often determine the individual’s contemporary IQ or IQ earlier in life, socioeconomic status of the family of origin, living circumstances when the individual...

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Sociologi i kris

Men ungefär här någon gång började jag tröttna. Åren gick, mina idéer började tryta, och framförallt var det inte så många som kom till mig och försökte dra med mig i något … Jag hade varit sakkunnig för en hel generation av professorer i socialt arbete, och mina första doktorander började bli professors-kompetenta. De behövde inte mig, men jag behövde något intressant att få arbeta med. Att bestämma i forskningsrådet och andra styrelser var intressant, men skulle ta slut....

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Timbuktu

 [embedded content] I sat the other day and read my newspaper A day like so many others before And I thought about all those dreams You dream that one after another have come to an end Then I saw a picture of a girl With a wounded crow in her arms She runs through the forest As fast as she possibly can … And I started to tremble in agony and distress I shook with fear and terror Because I knew for sure That it was a picture of me that I saw Because my hope is a wounded crow...

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MMT — the key insights

MMT — the key insights As has become abundantly clear during the last couple of years, it is obvious that most mainstream economists seem to think that Modern Monetary Theory is something new that some wild heterodox economic cranks have come up with. That is actually very telling about the total lack of knowledge of their own discipline’s history these modern mainstream guys like Summers, Rogoff and Krugman have. New? Cranks? Reading one of the founders of...

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