tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post1729491031087650397..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: What is Schlefer Talking About Here?Robert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-74898637301277343962012-06-09T11:19:32.276-04:002012-06-09T11:19:32.276-04:00Schlefer also refers to textbooks (e.g., by Stephe...Schlefer also refers to textbooks (e.g., by Stephen Marglin or Lance Taylor) for details of Post Keynesian models he likes. And he doesn't say much about the relative dominance of neoclassical models in the profession. So a reader might understand from his book that a textbook tradition exists in which economists can teach models that are not upside a down. This impression would be true, in some sense, but I find this a somewhat odd presentation.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872510108133281526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-8706380971493538092012-06-07T09:34:21.445-04:002012-06-07T09:34:21.445-04:00Gross substitutability? Concavity vs Convexity? It...Gross substitutability? Concavity vs Convexity? Its fine to spare the reader the details, but sparing the informed reader the name that the details go by is annoying.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.com