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Faustine demonstrating his cheerful ignorance of economics, and who is
who in economics:
> > > [David Friedman has published . . .] Nothing good enough to get
> > > mentioned at NBER, the veritable gold standard
William Vogt
> > AER is usually considered the top economics journal. JPE is in
> > everyone's top 5 and it would be reasonable to rank it second
> > behind AER.
Faustine demonstrating his confident ignorance once again.
> I'm sure you know that writing a tiny response or comment in reply
> to someone else's article isn't the same as having your own research
> published there.
You are grasping at straws. In any case David Friedman has had at least
one piece of his own research published in the AER.
> I still find it unimpressive. I also find what I've read so far
> unimpressive: the tone is just a tad too slack, as if he's writing
> for people who already agree with him.
Or perhaps as if he is writing for people who have some familiarity with
the arguments, evidence, and issues, in particular the politically
incorrect public choice questions that Posner deals with, and that your
beloved Samuelson tends to cover rather briefly and glibly.
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