The Assumptions Economists Make (Repost)
The Assumptions Economists Make by Jonathan Schlefer
Publisher: Belknap Press | 2012 | ISBN: 0674052269 | 384 pages | PDF | 1,17 MB
Publisher: Belknap Press | 2012 | ISBN: 0674052269 | 384 pages | PDF | 1,17 MB
Economists make confident assertions in op-ed columns and on cable news—so why are their explanations at odds with equally confident assertions from other economists? And why are all economic predictions so rarely borne out? Harnessing his frustration with this contradiction, Schlefer set out to investigate how economists arrive at their opinions.