Premises, Circularities, Purposes by phillp2 08 February 2002 01:17 UTC
> Doug wrote: > > > As is always the case with these debates, > > I can't resist the urge to ask - so what? > > Why is the value controversy so important? > > Why is it so important for Justin to reject > > it and Rakesh to defend it? > > This is highly correlated with the question I was asking to > myself Doug: What is the purpose of this debate? > ^^^^^^^^ CB: Here some broader questions that should help answer the one above. Why is anything that is discussed on these email lists important ? Why is academic economics important to discuss , period ? What is the purpose of these lists ? Why are the other topics discussed here more important than discussing value theory ?
