tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post6465158575730653004..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Meltdown linksSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-44573279062778804542008-10-03T11:48:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:48:00.000-04:00anonymous: thanks for that link. Waldmann makes se...anonymous: thanks for that link. Waldmann makes several points in his post.<BR/><BR/>1) the op-ed attacks a caricature of economic theory<BR/><BR/>2) this caricature is not supported by any rigorous foundations (the really smart/mathematical economists know this, but perhaps not most of the community -- or perhaps they don't care)<BR/><BR/>3) but this caricature is the one used in real policy Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81820308646085452222008-10-03T11:11:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:11:00.000-04:00A good response to the Op-edhttp://angrybear.blogs...A good response to the Op-ed<BR/><BR/>http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-wrong-with-economic-theory-as.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-50413454845041305972008-10-02T01:55:00.000-04:002008-10-02T01:55:00.000-04:00Steve:Glad you enjoyed that NYT OpEd. I liked the...Steve:<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed that NYT OpEd. I liked the shout out to Doyne Farmer, whose work I have long admired. Economics badly needs some fresh insights from math, physics and biology. Those insights are appearing at the fringes, but need to start being take up into the mainstream.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.com