January 2009 - Posts

Back and forth with Boettke

Published Tue, Jan 6 2009 9:24 PM | Greg Ransom

I commented on a post by Pete Boettke at the Austrian Economists blog on “standards” in economics, and the importance of credentials for moving the conversation in economics forward – who can do it and what training they must have to...

The empirical problem and explanatory strategy of economics

Published Tue, Jan 6 2009 8:35 PM | Greg Ransom

Some of the "gut" of my dissertation was presented at an economics conference in 1996. What I want to do with my dissertation is present this so that economist understand this is an advance of understanding in economics in and of itself as _economics_...

The Theme of My Dissertation is Good Explanation

Published Tue, Jan 6 2009 1:41 PM | Greg Ransom

Academics might prefer that I call this my "Topic" or "Problem" but it is that and more. If my dissertation is successful I hope to have improved our ability to provide explanations -- and to recognize good explanations when we have...