哦,这篇paper是我本周的macro reading作业啊~~
社会科学里没有客观的分析。没有出色的文采,怎么sell your idea? 对于“文科”的要求,远非文采这么简单。idea从哪里来的? As in the case of fables, absurd conclusions reveal contexts in which the model produces unreasonable results, but this may not necessarily make the model uninteresting. As in the case of fables, models in economic theory are derived from observations of the real world, but are not meant to be testable. As in the case of fables, models have limited scope. As in the case of a good fable, a good model can have an enormous in?uence on the real world, not by providing advice or by predicting the future, but rather by in?uencing culture. Yes, I do think we are simply the tellers of fables, but is that not wonderful? ------Dilemmas of An Economic Theorist, Ariel Rubinstein -- by 会员 LeoVilla (2010/11/7 19:25:26)
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