Comments on: David Colander on the Economics Profession http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/david-colander-on-the-economics-profession/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Andrew' http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/david-colander-on-the-economics-profession/#comment-460655 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 08:06:34 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5679#comment-460655 The lack of falsifiability would seem to cause a proliferation of ideas. Inbreeding by itself doesn’t seem strong enough to cause a dearth of ideas.

]]> By: Various http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/david-colander-on-the-economics-profession/#comment-460647 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:23:13 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5679#comment-460647 I would add that the intellectual inbreeding described by David Colander may also be applicable to the field of climate science. I say this as neither a proponent of, nor “denier” of climate change. Just as a dispassionate observer of the debate. By the way, I am a finance professional, not a climate scientist.

]]> By: Marko http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/david-colander-on-the-economics-profession/#comment-460639 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:03:42 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5679#comment-460639 “….Modern mainstream economics is a bit off as a result of too much inbreeding. ”

This suggests a great name for the current global stagnation :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding_depression

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