BTW Marsha, on that "autistic" angle, it's something I've blogged about ... several economics links in these ... http://www.psybertron.org/index.php?s=autistic Ian
On 7/17/07, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marsha, you asked ... Is Economics a Science ? > > No it isn't; parts of it clearly use scientific methods, even > approximate statistical ones, but overall it is a matter of psychology > - predicting what people value, what they will do, and what other > people will do in response - hence game theory. > > Economists who hang on to scientific notions of rule-based economic > calculations have been dubbed "autistic", and those who recognise the > values-based approach (per David's reference) as "post-autistic" try > this ... > > http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/truecosteconomics/post-autistic.html > > Ian > > On 7/13/07, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > David, > > > > Thank you very much. This paper looks like it grapples with my > > question. Is Economics a science? I will read it immediately. > > > > Gratefully, > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:58 PM 7/13/2007, you wrote: > > >Marsha > > > > > >John Dupre suggests: > > > > > >"the possibility of a science of economics of real value to humanity, > > >something which has only intermittently been true of the history of that > > >science, and seems decreasingly true of it in recent years17. But the > > >precondition of this, I have argued, is the recognition that fundamental > > >value judgments must be made at the very beginning of the project. They > > >cannot just be tacked on at the end." > > > > > >from: > > > > > >http://cogprints.org/347/00/ECONOMI.htm > > > > > >David M > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "MarshaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:34 AM > > >Subject: [MD] the economists??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > What is free trade? Trade would be value. Can it ever be totally > > > > free? > > > > > > > > What do economists do? Do they mathematically measure the static to > > > > predict the future? Are their principles infallible being that they > > > > are built on mathematics? What is the probable accuracy of their > > > > models and predictions? > > > > > > > > I am very ignorant of this subject. > > > > > > > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > > > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > > > Archives: > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > > > > > > >moq_discuss mailing list > > >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > >Archives: > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
