On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Science *magazine has a special issue on social inequality out, with > 20-odd articles available for free: > > http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6186.toc > > I've only just found them and haven't yet had a chance to read most, so > have no idea how much is rubbish. > There is one article in the issue that is definitely rubbish: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6186/828.full This article is an interesting example of a sort of the obverse of the "physics envy" effect often noted in economics: physical scientists who think they have simple and elegant explanations for complex social science phenomena. -raghu.
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