Tag Archives: Dirk Bezemer

It appears I have to attempt to contact Dirk Bezemer directly for people to take my claims seriously that Bezemer has misquoted and fabricated quotes in his papers claiming that some economists using "accounting" or "flow of funds" models were able to predict the global financial crisis and widespread recession. I believe this kind of controversy is best to keep in the open instead of being conducted through private email. The point of publication is in part to put academics and researchers...

Jason Smith calls out Dirk Bezemer (who now identifies as an MMT economist). Again the difference among 1) scientific prediction based on generating testable hypotheses from a theory, 2) forecasting probabilities of outcomes from data, and 3) foreseeing and forewarning based on contingencies.Information Transfer EconomicsNo one saw this coming: Bezemer's misleading paper Jason SmithSee also On occasion when I mention things about econ twitter or my blog, my wife responds sarcastically...