Dear Gang: Here is something which I posted just now to the NKS Forum. Gunnar ***** From the vantage point of one interested in the epistemological aspects of...
. Old Gunnar has relapsed into his jargon again, but he is making a fundamentally important point about economics - I suspect. Members of the Gang have known...
Dear Chris: In the context of twentieth-century theoretical economics, the brief answer to your question - Now the grown-up question is to ask why theoretical...
Chris, I'm shocked, shocked that you don't see what Keynesianism and other economic doctrines have achieved. Keynesianism created the (economic rationale for)...
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Apr 10, 2004 1:37 pm
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... From: Hudsonmi@... To: gang8@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [gang8] Physics versus economics - epistemological...
Dear Michael: Replace "facade" or "fig leave" for "economic rationale", "rationale" (x2), and "justification" - and contemporary economic science stands...
. Hey Mike. I thought I was perhaps being a tad cynical about the contribution of theoretical economists. Little did I realise what those sober thoughts might...
I wish we could write something together, Chris. Michael...
Hudsonmi@...
Apr 11, 2004 12:14 am
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. Dear Mike, and Gunnar, and Geoff, and Randy (if you're there) and James, and others: One day the Gang of Eight WILL write something together. The most...
040411 Gardiner to Gang. Chris, As you will remember, Gunnar has quoted many times Keynes posthumously published views on the economists of his era, and on the...
GEOFFREY GARDINER
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Apr 11, 2004 10:07 am
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Dear Geoffrey: Re. the following: King comments, 'Keynes' distaste for the econometricians' "pseudo-analogy with the physical sciences" cannot be doubted, but...
The following message posted to Gang8 today may be of interest. Gunnar ******* Re. the following: King comments, 'Keynes' distaste for the econometricians'...
Hi guys: We have a choice. Either economics is a quasi-mathematical discipline, which seeks to define quasi-mathematical rules which will then explain and...
Chris: Happy Easter! Insofar as the epistemological aspects of all science are concerned, the either-or divide marks the border line between logical coherence...
For: In the specific case of economics, the fact that reality cannot be parceled into logically coherent pieces of a single puzzle leaves us but TWO options. ...
. Gunnar contrasts two constructs of his own mind: the "logically coherent models" which he temporarily assumes embraces "Mainstream Economists" and something...
... parceled into logically coherent pieces of a single puzzle leaves us but TWO options. ... parceled into logically coherent pieces of a single puzzle leaves...
Chris: I am inserting comments as I reread your message. Gunnar ... From: ChrisOfDulwich@... To: gang8@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 3:41 PM...
Hi Chris: Re. the following: Hmmm....I like J A Wheeler's quote: "Reality is defined by the questions you put to it". Comment: Whence it follows that "reality"...
It is extremely difficult to see how we can avoid an unprecedented crash - even by the 1930s Great Depression standards - and that on a worldwide scale. We...
FYI. Arno ... From: Amazon.com To: arno@... Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:48 AM Subject: "The New Paradigm in Macroeconomics : Solving the Riddle...
Keynesianism created the (economic rationale for) the Vietnam War. McNamara sat in his office with the head of the Council of Economic Advisors, Gardner...
William B. Ryan
william_b_ryan@...
Apr 14, 2004 11:13 am
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Hi Gunnar As a great friend of mine said: "Chris, I'm just clever enough to know how thick I am". I am just beginning to appreciate how very very hard...
. Hi Gunnar and Chris: The trouble with so-called scientists, and those who would ape them, is that they are hopelessly unobservant and really quite...
Dear Chris: Just a brief comment on one of my favorite bugaboos - the concept of "probability". You write: There is no such thing as an absolute reality, there...
... do we need that again now! ... Dear Chris Indeed we do: because underpinning it all are, I believe one or two great simplicities. In particular there is...
Chris: Thanks for raising the "memes" issue - it is something to which I have given no thought until now. On the Internet, I came across these introductory...
Dear Gang: I just posted the following to the NKS Forum. It relates to recent Gang8 exchanges on epistemological issues. Gunnar ***** In his lead-off post on...
Dear Gang: Here is my response of today's date to questions raised on the NKS Forum to my posting of yesterday's date. Gunnar ***** Let me address your key...
Dear Gang: It is hard to get a hearing on Creditary Economics - it is not made in academe, everybody (who counts) is making money etc. Perhaps an outside blast...
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