tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post537042717750127743..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: Purge At Amsterdam?Robert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-61363382700027880822013-12-23T09:09:59.454-05:002013-12-23T09:09:59.454-05:00Thanks for the comments. If economics were a scien...Thanks for the comments. If economics were a science following the patterns described by Thomas Kuhn, economists would be more interested in history and methodology when their paradigm encounters a crisis.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872510108133281526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-73334859162889396212013-12-19T09:27:36.655-05:002013-12-19T09:27:36.655-05:00It is pleasing to read your reference to a Dutch u...It is pleasing to read your reference to a Dutch university. However the Netherlands (16 million inhabitants) is only one of the largest among the small European nations. Remember that Europe is much more a loose collection of nation states than the USA. Central Europe is totally fragmented. The EU does not even have a common language. Thus the scientific communities are relatively isolated, and suffer from a lack of scale. There is a huge waste of means. That has consequences for our goals. Imho the main task of Dutch scientists is to remain well informed about what is happening elsewhere. That in itself is difficult enough, but we do a good job at that. We stay close behind the leaders. On extremely rare occasions we excel. In economics I would call Germany the leading European society. They create truly new knowledge. But even Germany is less than half the size of the USA or Japan. Of course I have little idea of what is happening in for instance Spain, Poland or even Italy.Emil Bakkumhttp://www.hgdewolff.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-78799610971143041362013-12-18T11:19:54.419-05:002013-12-18T11:19:54.419-05:00Robert
You have done a great job in posting this n...Robert<br />You have done a great job in posting this news. I missed it but post it from your Blog on mine. It needs wide distribution. <br />Keep up the good work.<br />Gavin KennedyGavin Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913775111442059982noreply@blogger.com