http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/is_freakonomics_ruining_economics/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:03:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/is_freakonomics_ruining_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-118316 PrestoPundit Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:10:40 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/03/is_freakonomics_ruining_economics/#comment-118316 In the past economists pretended to be scientists, and even if deep down they knew it was all an illusion, they still made a concerted effort to imitate the benchmark illusions of genuine scientific research. Today the charade all but gone -- all that is left is the effort to crank out "research" (i.e. publications) at the fastest rate possible, now matter how laughable the result is as an imitation of real science. All shame has been utterly lost. In the past economists pretended to be scientists, and even if deep down they knew it was all an illusion, they still made a concerted effort to imitate the benchmark illusions of genuine scientific research. Today the charade all but gone -- all that is left is the effort to crank out "research" (i.e. publications) at the fastest rate possible, now matter how laughable the result is as an imitation of real science. All shame has been utterly lost.

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