It is a terrific book. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Jayson Funke <[email protected]> wrote: > I found Philip Mirowski's "Machine Dreams" to be one of the better books on > this subject. > > Jayson > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:52 PM, michael perelman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Arrow's impossibility theorem was intended to show how the Soviets >> had an advantage over the "democracies" because of their "collective" >> decision-making. >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> According to Haering and Douglas, the RAND Corporation, a privately >> >> financed American think-tank, played a pivotal role. Using funds >> >> provided by the Ford Foundation, RAND funded research projects of >> >> subsequent Nobel laureates Kenneth Arrow and James Buchanan, who >> >> persuasively questioned the legitimacy and efficiency of collective >> >> decision-making. >> > >> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Arrow argue that collective >> > decision-making didn't work well even if done via markets? Buchanan is >> > a different animal altogether. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your >> > own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pen-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Perelman >> Economics Department >> California State University >> Chico, CA >> 95929 >> >> 530 898 5321 >> fax 530 898 5901 >> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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