econ

Most formalism in econ is derived from math dept values not science.

Caldwell, Hayek, and Math, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

So I think the key for North's ideas to get traction in econ is to come up with some non-redundant metrics of institutions and customs that allow one to predict things like intangible GDP cross sectionally.

Douglass North at Length, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Not all concepts in econ are just "common sense intuitive."

Teaching Economics as Common Sense, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It's much like the perfect competition model in econ 101; an interesting excercise of no practical value.

In Praise of My Competition: Landsburg's More Sex is Safer Sex, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

What we have seen in econ reflects something that has gone on in math itself, a move away from Bourbakian emphasis on axiomatic formalism and towards computer simulation and other methods.

The Math Bubble, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

In 1990, after getting a bachelors in econ, I looked at grad schools with my 15 grand to spend.

The Value of a College Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

As a fundamentalist for over 50 years, with an MA in econ, I feel compelled to respond to some of these points.

The Fundamentalist Stereotype: A Vindication, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Going on to graduate school in econ at a neo-classical school opened my eyes to this viewpoint: History of economic thought is NOT taught "effectively" at most state institutions.

What Austrian Brain Drain?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Over the years, I've noticed that development econ is less bound to obscure theory and more willing to look at what works and what doesn't.

Growth and Development of Growth and Development, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

On Boras's CV: kennedy school econ is not even close to the same thing as fas econ at harvard. almost none of his pubs are not top tier, wheras at fas harvard econ a tenured prof. will have almost all of their pubs. in top tier journals. he could not be a tenured prof. at harvard econ or any other top 10 econ department.

Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009