[SystemSafety] Bounded rationality or ignorance?
Olwen Morgan
olwen at phaedsys.com
Thu Oct 11 16:07:25 CEST 2018
I'd also recommend "The Economic Naturalist" by Robert Frank, who IMO is
better than Harford.
On the other hand, whether you are reading professional or popular
economics texts, a good deal of scepticism is in order. Economists are
almost as bad as software engineers in the way they use mathematics.
Useful sanity checks can be found in:
1. Keen, Steve, Debunking Economics, Zed Books, 2ed, 2011, ISBN-10:
1848139923,ISBN-13:978-1848139923ASIN:1848139926
and
2. A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics, Fulbrook, E. (ed.), Anthem
Press (12 Oct. 2004), ISBN-10: 1843311485, ISBN-13: 978-1843311485,
ASIN: 1843311488
Hope it helps,
O
On 11/10/18 14:25, Martyn Thomas wrote:
>
> I recommend the writings of Tim Harford, the "undercover economost"
> from the FT. His books are a crash course in understanding why the
> world is the way it is. And extremely readable.
>
> Martyn
>
>
> On 11/10/2018 13:59, Olwen Morgan wrote:
>> In fact, though I won't set any of them out here, after much time
>> reading in economics, my opinions on what I've seen of economics and
>> economists are, even on a good day, largely unprintable.
>>
>> Olwen
>>
>
>
>
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