Am I the only one who finds something a little ironic about this week’s Economist? Its front page blares about the sorry state of science and how there is a risk that shoddy research, over production of papers, and the under-scrutiny thereof could undermine the public’s trust. Then turn the page, and read a glowing […]

That whole quasi-Nobel prize award paradox still reverberates. Today’s New York Times carries an op-ed piece by Raj Chetty from Harvard trying to fend off the laughter of those who see having both Shiller and Fama win at the same time is a little strange. His conclusion? Of course economics is a science. Why? Because […]