BTW, what's your alternative. (I am NOT telling you to put up or shut
up. But I do think that it's best to have alternative rather than
simply trashing the hegemonic school of economics. If there's no
alternative, good-hearted and even smart lefty economists might be
tempted to drink the kool-aid
BTW, what's your alternative. (I am NOT telling you to put up or shut
up. But I do think that it's best to have alternative rather than
simply trashing the hegemonic school of economics. If there's no
alternative, good-hearted and even smart lefty economists might be
tempted to drink the kool-aid
me:
BTW, what's your alternative. (I am NOT telling you to put up or shut
up. But I do think that it's best to have alternative rather than
simply trashing the hegemonic school of economics. If there's no
alternative, good-hearted and even smart lefty economists might be
tempted to drink the
On 10/5/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, at least in economics, Marxists don't have a very coherent
paradigm. Maybe comprehensive, but not coherent. It's like Beirut in
the 1970s...
But it seems to me that the Marxist approach, if it can really be
described as such, is bascially
me:
BTW, what's your alternative. (I am NOT telling you to put up or shut
up. But I do think that it's best to have alternative rather than
simply trashing the hegemonic school of economics. If there's no
alternative, good-hearted and even smart lefty economists might be
tempted to drink the
On 10/3/07, raghu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Far from challenging it, Blinder and the behaviorists are immeasurably
strengthening the establishment thinking by providing a safety-valve
for dissent.
It's a mistake to combine Blinder with the behaviorists (though they
both begin with B). The
On 10/4/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/3/07, raghu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Far from challenging it, Blinder and the behaviorists are immeasurably
strengthening the establishment thinking by providing a safety-valve
for dissent.
It's a mistake to combine Blinder with the
The article moved the boundaries of discourse far to the right. Blinder as a
leftist!!! Greenspan's 2d in command. Whose works include Alan Blinder. 1987.
Hard
Heads, Soft Hearts: Tough-Minded Economics for a Just Society (Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley).
Only Jim D. represented the left, while
On 10/4/07, raghu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And the behaviorists? Will their work ever produce more than clever
anecdotes for Steven Levitt?
FWIW, Leavitt doesn't do experiments. He's not a behavioral economist.
Rare corner cases where the normal laws
of rational behavior do not apply, in
On 10/4/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The article moved the boundaries of discourse far to the right.
that's definitely true. It's all this crap about George Mason
Unilackofdiversity.
--
Jim Devine / The truth is at once less sinister and more dangerous.
-- Naomi Klein.
[I didn't see this posted on these lists, and thought people would be
interested in knowing that pro-market economists are still not the
mainstream. It's good to know we've got that cleared up. I guess the
question is, of economists are really so split on all of this, then
why is there the
It is really amusing that the likes of Alan Blinder are being pointed
to as heretics. What is his heresy? He dared to suggest that maybe,
just maybe there are some negative effects from globalization on US
workers. The title of the article that makes this sacrilegious point:
Free Trade's Great,
July 11, 2007 / New York TIMES.
[with pictures of Fred Lee and Alan Blinder]
In Economics Departments, a Growing Will to Debate Fundamental Assumptions
By PATRICIA COHEN
For many economists, questioning free-market orthodoxy is akin to
expressing a belief in intelligent design at a Darwin
I get the impression now that the mainstream media is becoming more like a
blog. A
story appears -- this time in the Nation -- and suddenly all the media pick it
up and
modify it. Much cheaper than investigative reporting, reporting can be very
influential. Judith Miller and Michael Gordon
On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I get the impression now that the mainstream media is becoming more like a blog.
now becoming more like a blog? when wasn't it that way? Pack
journalism has been around for a very long time, while true
investigative journalism has always
Pack journalism is old news. But it used to revolve around stories like Senator
Vitter, bless his soul. Now, it has spread to areas of little pressing
interest.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at
On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pack journalism is old news. But it used to revolve around stories like Senator
Vitter, bless his soul. Now, it has spread to areas of little pressing
interest.
like heterodox economics?
--
Jim Devine / The tooth fairy teaches
Do you think that the article really gave a flavor of what is going on. It
even has
one of its heterodox representative (Rodrik) saying that the hets are wrong.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:01:27PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
like heterodox economics?
--
Jim Devine / The tooth fairy teaches
that's changing the question.
On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you think that the article really gave a flavor of what is going on. It
even has
one of its heterodox representative (Rodrik) saying that the hets are wrong.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:01:27PM -0700, Jim
Sorry. Even a serious subject can be treated as minor squabbles about
personalities.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 02:18:38PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
that's changing the question.
On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you think that the article really gave a flavor of what
Michael Perelman wrote:
Sorry. Even a serious subject can be treated as minor squabbles about
personalities.
I don't think it's just about personalities. For example:
There is much too much ideology, said Alan S. Blinder,... Economics, he added, is
often a triumph of theory over fact. Mr.
Does anyone know any of the organisations in this Association?
and have a recommendation?
http://hetecon.com/
Chris Burford
London
Q:
Does anyone know any of the organisations in this Association?
and have a recommendation?
http://hetecon.com/
A:
The European Memorandum Group is fighting for leftist economic policies
(post-Keynesian style) in Europe, includes leftist economists from France,
Germany, others. Critical of the
, 2005 2:04 AM
To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU
Subject: [PEN-L] Heterodox Economics
Does anyone know any of the organisations in this Association?
and have a recommendation?
http://hetecon.com/
Chris Burford
London
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