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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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Bacteria that channel Elinor Ostrom

Posted on 2009/11/15 by Dimitrios Diamantaras

This blog post, from Not Exactly Rocket Science, caught my attention. I blogged about it in my more general-audience blog. Here I want to elaborate a little bit on the connection with Elinor Ostrom’s work. Ostrom studies how various human … Continue reading →

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