Robert Shiller wrote a damn good piece re economics & science. @andrew_leach’s interesting piece made me reread it. http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2013/nov/06/is-economics-a-science-robert-shiller …
@gmbutts @andrew_leach Yes, economics has scientific aspirations but leading figures in field (ie Krugman) rightly see it as being in crisis
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@HeerJeet@andrew_leach I like Shiller's longterm optimism though. Economics is young. He sees crackpots being filtered out over time 1/nThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@andrew_leach 2/2 like the phrenologists from medicine. -
@gmbutts@andrew_leach Agree with that (and Shiller's piece was good).
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