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Economics / Deirdre McCloskey, democracy, economic theory, Fourcade /

Superior Economists

December 2, 2014

Actually the paper I just read is called “The Superiority of Economists”. It’s another analysis of thee economics profession by Marion Fourcade, this time in association with Etienne Ollion and Yann Algan. It is well worth reading and fits neatly in the same analytical tradition as Fourcade’s 2009 book “Economists and Societies”. The problem is that […]

Commentary, Economics / Adam Smith, Deirdre McCloskey, democracy, economic theory, Friedman, Hayek /

Economics And Civil Society

November 28, 2014

I have been subject to quite a bit of push back on my repeated critique of the anti-democratic nature of orthodox/classical/neoclassical economics. So I am going to double down on the basis that when you’ve hit a nerve and produce a knee-jerk reaction it is wise to hammer away. Allow me to restate my opinion in […]

Commentary, Economics / capitalism, Deirdre McCloskey, democracy, economic theory, Piketty /

McCloskey Disses Democracy

November 25, 2014

Actually it’s McCloskey dissing what she calls leftish economists generally, although poor Piketty and his notorious book provides the moment she seizes to attack us misguided folk. Riven through with fundamental error and hopelessly soft we have all, apparently, misunderstood the great sweep of history. The lesson from which is that all is swell if we just leave it […]