Re: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-02-01 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 2/1/03 1:42:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I've also heard that the New Keynesians accept a good deal > >> of what the old Keyneisans and neo-Keynesians rejected, > >Alypius Skinner wrote: > > What's the difference between a new Keynesian and a neo-Keynesian? > >Perhaps

Re: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-02-01 Thread Anton Sherwood
>> I've also heard that the New Keynesians accept a good deal >> of what the old Keyneisans and neo-Keynesians rejected, Alypius Skinner wrote: > What's the difference between a new Keynesian and a neo-Keynesian? Perhaps a school goes from "new" to "neo-" when it becomes `Established'? > Is econ

Re: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-01-31 Thread Alypius Skinner
, > I've also heard that the New Keynesians accept a good deal of what the old > Keyneisans and neo-Keynesians rejected, What's the difference between a new Keynesian and a neo-Keynesian? Is economics suffering from a modifier shortage? It seems fairly common in economics for anomalies to lead to

RE: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-01-31 Thread Lee Coppock
stagflation. -Original Message- From: fabio guillermo rojas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Economic anamolies and Kuhn I'm teaching a course on the sociology of science and we read Kuhn's structure of

Re: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-01-30 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 1/30/03 6:17:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Can someone provide me an example of an anamoly from the recent history >of >economics that led to a fundamental change in economic theory? > >Fabio I don't know if this qualifies, but when I learned Macro back in 1978 the neo-K

Re: Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-01-30 Thread john hull
Assymetric information? Lemon car markets & whatnot? (Signalling models?) How fundamental is fundamental? There is a game theory text that assumes a certain amount of irrational behavior to obtain its results. I can search the closet if you want. Sorry I'm not more helpful, jsh --- fabio

Economic anamolies and Kuhn

2003-01-30 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
I'm teaching a course on the sociology of science and we read Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions. FYI, Kuhn says that science is characterized by "paradigms" - most science works from basic assumptions justified by "model achievements." Scientific change occurs when anamolies - observation