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Robert Solow destroys economics as a hard science. Of course, he is not alone in this. Heterodox economists have been pointing this out for a long time, and so have observers from other disciplines looking in. And this is not the only reason. For example, key terms are poorly specified as shown by the Cambridge capital controversy that Solow was involved in with Samuelson on the losing side. Business schools figure this out some time ago and switched to the case method.Lars P. Syll’s BlogDamon Runyon’s Law Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo UniversitySee alsoAdam Curtis videoEconomics — nothing but an ideological paranoia
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: economics as ideology, economics as science, economics profession
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Robert Solow destroys economics as a hard science. Of course, he is not alone in this. Heterodox economists have been pointing this out for a long time, and so have observers from other disciplines looking in. And this is not the only reason. For example, key terms are poorly specified as shown by the Cambridge capital controversy that Solow was involved in with Samuelson on the losing side. Business schools figure this out some time ago and switched to the case method.Lars P. Syll’s BlogDamon Runyon’s Law Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo UniversitySee alsoAdam Curtis videoEconomics — nothing but an ideological paranoia
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: economics as ideology, economics as science, economics profession
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Robert Solow destroys economics as a hard science. Of course, he is not alone in this. Heterodox economists have been pointing this out for a long time, and so have observers from other disciplines looking in. And this is not the only reason. For example, key terms are poorly specified as shown by the Cambridge capital controversy that Solow was involved in with Samuelson on the losing side.
Business schools figure this out some time ago and switched to the case method.
Lars P. Syll’s Blog
Damon Runyon’s Law
Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University
See also
Adam Curtis video