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- From: jackson@kaos.stsci.edu (Bob Jackson)
- Subject: Re: STUDY: NAFTA TO CAUSE U.S. JOB, INCOME LOSS
- In-Reply-To: yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu's message of 15 Aug 92 11: 45:52 GMT
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1992Aug9.102017.5190@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Aug12.153525.14298@ils.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:34:52 GMT
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- w.r.t.
- >B) The "science" of economics is a highly ideological one, and until
- >someone demonstates that his/her econoic theories are verifiable by
- >independent experiment, polls tell us only what ideology funders favor.
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- IMHO, you cannot conduct physics-style experiments in economics,
- BECAUSE, you can not hold all-other-things-equal.
- Heck you can't even know much less count all the other things
- which could effect the results of your experiment.
-
- At best, economics can make plausible arguments and explanations.
- Admittedly some arguments are more realistic than others, i.e., they
- make more realistic assumptions and leave out fewer considerations.
-
- But Economics is NOT Physics.
-
- DEATH TO PHYSICS ENVY
-