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Uncertain Causes

When you throw a feather out of a tenth story window it eventually hits the ground, but only after fluttering about for a while and following an often circuitous route downwards. Throw a ten ton lump of lead out and the route tends to be a lot more direct. Gravity wins the day in both […]

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Economic Realism

Lars Syll seems to have started a perpetual conversation when he posted a comment about Tony Lawson’s longstanding complaints about realism in economics. I don’t want to get dragged into what appears to be an endless, and pointless, debate … but. The debate is endless because some economists seem to thrive on endlessness. That is to […]

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