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Brad DeLong Says Economic Theory Does Not Exist

Posted on 2010/07/29 by Dimitrios Diamantaras

In a column that ran today in the Project Syndicate, Brad DeLong said this: One of the dirty secrets of economics is that there is no such thing as “economic theory.” There is simply no set of bedrock principles on … Continue reading →

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Clairaut’s Theorem

Posted on 2009/10/15 by Dimitrios Diamantaras

For some reason that I do not fully understand, the equality of cross partial derivatives gets all munged up, in naming at least, when taught in the typical math econ class, including the one when I was an undergraduate student. … Continue reading →

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