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I did not always think that mainstream economists are mostly socialized to be unlettered knaves, deficient in mathematics and logic. It took decades of empirical evidence. These links are mostly to tedious and petty stuff, more for my own archiving. Lots of weird stuff comes from non-economists. Sometimes you will find a poster not necessarily defending me, but trying to get some other poster to say something substantial. Some, like Tim Lambert, do not even seem to care about economics. The misrepresentations by mainstream economists of what they and others say is not confined to discussions with me. Some serious people, like David Graeber, appear in these discussions independent of me. Poor teaching of econ (August 2007) Failure of neoclassical economics (January, 2006). Baumol,
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I did not always think that mainstream economists are mostly socialized to be unlettered knaves, deficient in mathematics and logic. It took decades of empirical evidence.
These links are mostly to tedious and petty stuff, more for my own archiving. Lots of weird stuff comes from non-economists. Sometimes you will find a poster not necessarily defending me, but trying to get some other poster to say something substantial. Some, like Tim Lambert, do not even seem to care about economics. The misrepresentations by mainstream economists of what they and others say is not confined to discussions with me. Some serious people, like David Graeber, appear in these discussions independent of me.
- Poor teaching of econ (August 2007)
- Failure of neoclassical economics (January, 2006).
- Baumol, Kolakowski, Schumpeter: Bohm Bawerk Mistaken (November 2005).
- Bush tax cut and small businesses (October 2004).
- Edward Prescott, Idiot (October 2004).
- No Mainstream Economist Will Acknowledge Here Math In This Post Is Correct (July 2004).
- Calculation of GDP, Productivity (December 2003).
- Death Rattle Of Neoclassical Theory Of Value (September 2003)
- The economics of free choice (August 2003)
- John Lott (June 2003).
- Reminder: Wages, Employment Not Determined By Supply, Demand (May 2003).
- Some comments on Robert Vienneau's LTV document (April 2003). My FAQ on the LTV.
- Smith And Hegel Agree. Stigler A Hack? (February 2003).
- A Sraffian Interpretation Of Marx (January 2003). My essay.
- Liebowitz Unchained (November 2002).
- Wages, Employment Still Not Determined By Supply And Demand (October 2002).
- Wages, employment not determined by supply, demand (April 2002).
- Debunking Debunking Economics (March 2002).
- Neoclassical Economics Decomposing (March 2002).
- David Landes (February 2002).
- Film criticism at Notre Dame (February 2002).
- Debunking Vienneau (January 2002).
- Paradocs (July 2001).
- Response to Scott Moss (March 2000).
- Do Factor Markets Exist? (November 1998).
- LTV FAQ (Part 1 of 6) (November 1998).
- Reswitching and the Cambridge Capital Controversy (October 1998).
I think twitter shows that many with training in economics, science, or mathematics realize that "Mainstream economics is replete with ideas that 'everyone knows' to be true, but that are actually arrant nonsense" (Jeremy Rudd). Maybe I had a small part in this realization.