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On 17/05/07, Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What a horrible misunderstanding of science! No > science teacher has ever taught neo-liberalism or > Keynesian economic thought as science, anywhere. No > student of science would ever confuse them as having > anything do with science. Nonetheless, once again a > wholly contrived dose of confusion is being injected > into this issue as well. Haven't you heard of Economics as science, the dismal science? Is the world made up of natural sciences alone? Or are the social sciences just not "scientific" enough? We're (I am!) moving away from the earlier point, which is already made. But this is interesting ground too. A nice essay: The Autistic Economist - Yale Economic Review - How and why the dismal science embraces theory over reality. http://www.yaleeconomicreview.com/issues/summer2006/autistic.php OPENQUOTE: How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb? * Two: One to change the bulb and one to assume the existence of a ladder. * Eight: One to screw in the light bulb and seven to hold everything else constant. * None: They are all waiting for an invisible hand. The caricature of the economist – bumbling, impractical, disconnected from the object of his work – underpins a set of surprisingly sophisticated criticisms leveled against the discipline, particularly its realism, method, and ideology. None of these critiques is particularly new, nor is any entirely unique to economics. But over the last few years, they have been asserted against the dominant economic pedagogy in general and the neoclassical framework in particular with new force – a force strong enough to be labeled a movement. An amalgamation of unorthodox academics, discontented students, and skeptical non-economists, this movement may not always be unified in its diagnosis, but is certainly unified in their discontent. If only because one of the many criticisms is of the discipline's aloofness, the jokes as well as the criticisms should be heard.... CLOSEQUOTE -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST) Skype: fredericknoronha Yahoochat: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Email fred at bytesforall.org Res: 784 Saligao 403511 Goa India ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
