tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post9035986759145138645..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: Empirical Results in a Whig History of Mainstream EconomicsRobert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-80273464742706226022010-05-09T15:01:18.141-04:002010-05-09T15:01:18.141-04:00Robert,
I will gladly serve that roll. The existe...Robert,<br /><br />I will gladly serve that roll. The existence of the prices of water and diamonds was itself empirical evidence against Classical economics. Its easy to confuse Classical and Neoclassical, but neoclassical was itself a theory built on empirical refutation of Classical economics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-33728621147062342712010-05-04T19:55:47.384-04:002010-05-04T19:55:47.384-04:00Bruce, thanks for the comment. I was hoping a defe...Bruce, thanks for the comment. I was hoping a defender of neoclassical economics could point to something empirical in economics that supposedly had something to do with the marginal revolution. I really don't think the diamond-water paradox cuts it.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-14558002452466242242010-05-02T10:10:40.222-04:002010-05-02T10:10:40.222-04:00In the first case, you are discussing a field of s...In the first case, you are discussing a field of study largely pursued as a science ... in the second case, largely not.<br /><br />An examination of "theoretical advances" and impact of empirical work in alchemy would likely show a similar disconnect.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.com