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I don't see why, if you feel strongly that the axioms of economics are wrong, you are unwilling to discuss this in an economics forum. You won't get much disagreement on this site, nor will you get much detailed criticism of your remarks from professionals in the field. One should always be willing to have one's ideas tested in the proper setting.
I don't know that I feel strongly about this stuff. This series is called Socratic for a reason: all I know is I don't know. And I'm afraid I expect if I say these things in a forum full of academic economists they're going to just tell me go read a textbook.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 7th, 2007 at 05:51:48 PM EST
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And I'm afraid I expect if I say these things in a forum full of academic economists they're going to just tell me go read a textbook.

And the problem with that would be...  ???

by asdf on Sat Nov 10th, 2007 at 12:05:11 PM EST
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I've read textbooks. They are crap. They don't address the questions of whether the quantities in the theory are actually observeble, or how. It would be argument by authority.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 10th, 2007 at 12:23:47 PM EST
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