Is economics a “third culture” the way Noah Smith suggests it is? Is it sufficiently different that it deserves its own category apart from the humanities and the sciences? Who cares? Well, clearly Smith does. His article is interesting, though, more for what it shows us about the viewpoint of those who are trying to […]

This is a bit of a rant. Please bear with me. I rarely do this, but here’s a link to one of my favorite economics blogs: Unlearning Economics:Economists Dissing Economics The problem with all this self-criticism is that many of the people doing the dissing are responsible for the disarray they are criticizing. A different […]