well be tearing down statues of Becker soon I bet F
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thirty or forty years ago, probably even fifteen years ago, anyone who wanted to argue with Uhlig /as an economist/ would have presented a model and some assumptions teased at some marginal analysis now its facebook-tier arguing about Valueshttps://twitter.com/lastpositivist/status/1270781898223222785?s=19 …
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ppl everywhere be working real hard to falsify _de gustibus non est disputandum_ its a bummer the positive reading of the maxim clearly does not obtain, but the normative plea is beautiful and worth attending
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ask every student if hes heard the story amidst the din of tiresome farrago that once there was a fleeting wisp of glory called Chicago
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Economics has been shit since Keynes showed politicians that if they get an economist to say their plan is good, they can spend all the money they could ever want.
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we had a lovely midcentury renaissance tho
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we held out as long as we could
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All the economists grumble, picking up their charts and slouching towards philosophy
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Slouching Towards Philosophy is the title of the book about this phenomenon, I’m calling it
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