Lars P. Syll

Economics — still in the land of Mordor When it comes to my economics training, I’m a late bloomer. My primary training is in evolutionary theory, which I have used as a navigational guide to study many human-related topics, such as religion. But I didn’t tackle economics until 2008 … At the time I had no way to answer this question. Economic jargon mystified me—an embarrassing confession, since I am fully at home with mathematical and computer simulation models. Economists were very...

‘If you really want something, you have to be prepared to work very hard, take advantage of opportunity, and above all — never give up.’  [embedded content] [h/t Ulrika Hall]

At the age of thirty-seven  [embedded content] Still absolutely breathtakingly great!

LOGIC of science vs. METHODS of science  [embedded content]

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Against multiple regression analysis Distinguished social psychologist Richard E. Nisbett has a somewhat atypical aversion to multiple regression analysis . In his Intelligence and How to Get It (Norton 2011) he wrote (p. 17): 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 was a child, number of siblings, whether the family had a library card, educational attainment...

The force from above cleaning my soul  [embedded content]

Krugman — a Vichy Left coward Paul Krugman’s recent posts have been most peculiar. Several have looked uncomfortably like special pleading for political figures he likes, notably Hillary Clinton. He has, in my judgement, stooped rather far down in attacking people well below him in the public relations food chain … Perhaps the most egregious and clearest cut case is his refusal to address the substance of a completely legitimate, well-documented article by David Dayen outing Krugman, and...

Thatcher policies for dummies

What is Post Keynesian economics?  [embedded content]