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Comments on: On economics: Germs of choice http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/ The Visible Hand in Economics Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Some beautiful links | The Dismal Science http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42886 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:01:23 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42886 […] Greg Mankiw mentions the harm principle and economics.  “First do no harm” is a good principle for us to hold when considering policy, I agree. […]

]]> By: Economics, theory, and data | The Dismal Science http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42850 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42850 […] causes from idealized models given a range of assumptions.  The call about rational choice is an overused archetype of a concern – these issues are complicated, economists (since Herbert Simon – but also a lot prior in a […]

]]> By: Economics, theory, and data | The Dismal Science http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42849 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42849 […] causes from idealized models given a range of assumptions.  The call about rational choice is an overused archetype of a concern – these issues are complicated, economists (since Herbert Simon – but also a lot prior in a […]

]]> By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42838 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42838 In reply to andy.

Interestingly, this post isn’t about Germs, Guns, and Steel! It is about economic models and the existence of choice!

]]> By: andy http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42830 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42830 i agree with u.. I liked this book, and it taught me a bunch of things I hadn’t known before I read it. Jared Diamond has clearly had a more interesting life..

]]> By: Kimble http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42824 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42824 In reply to Matt Nolan.

Or maybe we are just a figment of a germs imagination.

]]> By: On economics: Germs of choice » Official Socialist Webzine http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42822 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:39:23 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42822 […] By Matt Nolan […]

]]> By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42821 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42821 In reply to Kimble.

I don’t know, maybe germs are self aware and involved in voluntary trade!

Or maybe our choices are deterministic and it is only due to a germ that we believe we have free will!

]]> By: Kimble http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/03/14/on-economics/#comment-42820 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=11061#comment-42820 Also, there are no economic germs.

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