tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post8887720177043497916..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: ElsewhereRobert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-34208183774991764372013-07-06T10:36:17.708-04:002013-07-06T10:36:17.708-04:00Thanks, fixed.Thanks, fixed.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872510108133281526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-27361948403169708542013-07-05T19:37:14.714-04:002013-07-05T19:37:14.714-04:00Robert: it's Frances with an "e" (gi...Robert: it's Frances with an "e" (girl's not boy's name).<br /><br />(I left a longish comment on your April 24 2013 post.)Nick Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982579343160429422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-29930644422666945992013-07-05T09:09:13.685-04:002013-07-05T09:09:13.685-04:00Paul Davidson says somewhere that his 1991 JEP art...Paul Davidson says somewhere that his 1991 JEP article on probability went through 20 versions, at the insistence of the editors. So they had an editorial process then, at least. Perhaps a Sokal hoax is impossible in economics; the leaders publish their own.<br /><br />Unlearningecon's takedown is <a href="http://unlearningeconomics.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/mankiw-to-the-rescue-of-the-1/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/a-textbook-case-of-excessive-leverage/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a clickable link to the Krugman post. My <a href="http://originofspecious.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/gregory-mankiw-and-the-circle-of-hell/" rel="nofollow">favorite</a>, so far, was in Unlearningecon's twitter feed. As far as I am concerned, Mankiw's economics is incompetent, too.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872510108133281526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-10491833803113215192013-07-05T08:20:48.960-04:002013-07-05T08:20:48.960-04:00"(It would be nice to have a catalog of respo..."(It would be nice to have a catalog of responses to Greg Mankiw's latest vicious tomfoolery, to be published it the Journal of Economic Perspectives.)"<br /><br />I'm sure you've seen many including mine, but this is the best one. Speaks for itself:<br /><br />http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/a-textbook-case-of-excessive-leverage/Unlearningeconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687413107325575532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-22849706794289410852013-07-03T16:18:35.453-04:002013-07-03T16:18:35.453-04:00What does it say about the Journal of Economic Per...What does it say about the Journal of Economic Perspectives that Mankiw's essay would get a failing grade in a undergraduate philosophy class? http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/bad-philosophy-by-economists-the-case-of-greg-mankiw.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857616719536009725noreply@blogger.com