tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post1070641802488190500..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: How Is Economics Different?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-18547349126346950072014-12-01T14:30:41.004-05:002014-12-01T14:30:41.004-05:00Tyler actually states that one outcome of all this...Tyler actually states that one outcome of all this "superiority" is that we are getting way to much "signaling" that is worthless. While he mostly celebrates, he recognizes that this supposed superiority has its downside(s).rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-79766758080884826702014-12-01T12:55:12.145-05:002014-12-01T12:55:12.145-05:00Thanks for the correction, Bruce -- I fixed the li...Thanks for the correction, Bruce -- I fixed the link. I wonder whether the intense hierarchy of economics is in the process of breaking down somewhat as the field becomes more empirical. The axiomatic character of economic theory lends itself to hierarchy, doesn't it? But the empirical world tends to be flatter, with the exception of methodological superstars like Heckman.<br /><br />I do agree with the view of Cowen (after he asserts that economists are smarter on average) that there is a lot of clever-jousting in economics as pretenders attempt to reposition themselves within the hierarchy. But less now than in the past.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-50072355832880111492014-12-01T12:38:08.094-05:002014-12-01T12:38:08.094-05:00An article titled,
The Superiority of Economists...An article titled,<br /> <i>The Superiority of Economists</i><br />is bound to attract the attention of economists. Reading the title as, The Superiority of Economics, raises a different set of issues.<br />.<br />Krugman's piece has this amusing typo: "all they observe is their own repetitional universe" as well as a working link to the paper.<br />.<br />http://www.maxpo.eu/pub/maxpo_dp/maxpodp14-3.pdf<br />.<br />From a sociological standpoint, I would think the fact that such a numerous and well-compensated academic profession should have both a strongly delineated hierarchy with a very narrow peak might raise questions about whether such profession was functioning as a priesthood. Perhaps they're working up to that revelation.<br />Bruce Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631065564839959376noreply@blogger.com