tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post1492112712889859924..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: Lo and Mueller's Need for More ScholarshipRobert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-22244589014986947052010-07-10T08:45:15.320-04:002010-07-10T08:45:15.320-04:00I am also very critical of the value of this paper...I am also very critical of the value of this paper, but for different reasons. See:http://kongtcheu.blogspot.com/2010/06/iafe-2010-annual-conference-talk.html<br />Phil K.Philibert Kongtcheuhttp://kongtcheu.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-83108528187506151162010-03-30T07:24:03.583-04:002010-03-30T07:24:03.583-04:00Paul, if mainstream economists would actually refe...Paul, if mainstream economists would actually reference you when writing about the topics in which you have advanced the field, more mainstream economists might actually look at your policy proposals, which would be a good thing. I still haven't read this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keynes-Solution-Global-Economic-Prosperity/dp/0230619207/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269947577&sr=1-2" rel="nofollow">book</a> because it came too soon after this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Maynard-Keynes-Great-Thinkers-Economics/dp/0230229204/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269947577&sr=1-10" rel="nofollow">one</a>. I trust it has suggestions for a reformed Bretton Woods, which the world seems to need now.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-5022385690431197982010-03-28T12:08:56.384-04:002010-03-28T12:08:56.384-04:00Samuelson, in an article in 1969, argued economist...Samuelson, in an article in 1969, argued economists must impose the "ergodic hypothesis" [ i.e., the future is statistically predicable from past data], if we are going to move economics from a study of history into a science. And Samelson specifically noted he used the term "ergodic" as it is used in statistical mechanics!! Talk about "physical envy".<br /><br />Paul DavidsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com