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Nudgelords: Given their past track record, why should I trust them this time? (Don’t call me Stasi) Andrew Gelman

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Andrew Gelman smackdown of Cass Sunstein.Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social ScienceNudgelords: Given their past track record, why should I trust them this time? (Don’t call me Stasi)Andrew Gelman | Professor of Statistics and Political Science and Director of the Applied Statistics Center, Columbia UniversityBonusJoan Robinson on conventional economics.Lars P. Syll’s BlogThinking about thinkingLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo UniversityRelatedBut shared beliefs that are in conflict with science continue to exist, and the rights of people to hold those beliefs are enshrined in the US Constitution and in many other secular democratic countries.Are there costs to this policy? If yes, then how to operationalize the cost-benefit analysis if qualitative data are involved?This is

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Andrew Gelman smackdown of Cass Sunstein.

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Nudgelords: Given their past track record, why should I trust them this time? (Don’t call me Stasi)
Andrew Gelman | Professor of Statistics and Political Science and Director of the Applied Statistics Center, Columbia University


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Joan Robinson on conventional economics.

Lars P. Syll’s Blog
Thinking about thinking
Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University

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But shared beliefs that are in conflict with science continue to exist, and the rights of people to hold those beliefs are enshrined in the US Constitution and in many other secular democratic countries.
Are there costs to this policy? If yes, then how to operationalize the cost-benefit analysis if qualitative data are involved?

This is treated differently in different legal systems and jurisdictions. Is there a compelling argument that the US approach to liberalism is "natural" and therefore authoritative universally?

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Science, Belief, And Democracy
Robert Costanza | Professor and Vice Chancellor’s Chair in Public Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy
Originally at The Solutions Journal
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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