Posting trouble
Posted by: Matt Nolan on: August 25, 2008
Hi all, For some reason I can’t post anything particularly long at the moment – as the site doesn’t like me.
As a result, none of the ideas I have for posts can be satisfactorily placed on the site. I can still comment though – its just taking a while.
If you want you can comment on this in the comments section of the post (ht Marginal Revolution, Econlog). I will try to get some posts up tonight.
13 Responses to "Posting trouble"
August 25, 2008 at 12:15 pm
“But then I’m just one of those horrible mainstream types.”
Same 
They seem to criticise what they think economists believe – rather then trying to actually discuss the discipline. They put up a straw man and beat it up – its just trash.
August 25, 2008 at 9:26 pm
The first part of the article “if I persisted in this line of research my academic career at UBC would be ‘nasty, brutish and short,’” reminded me that I read the same sort of thing in Shovelling Fuel for a Runaway Train
I studied ecology and biology a long time ago and markets work by the same process. It seems conceivable that one day economics will be a branch of ecology.
“Listening to Lee was making me realize that there is a time-honored tradition in economics of avoiding questions about who gets the wealth, who benefits and who loses with different economic policies”
Eg the population growth of the last two decades. My guess is that the benefits are hour glassed (but I could be wrong). Years ago poorer NZ’rs (retirees) could move to a bach by the sea (anywhere). This is the mouse in the room.
I wonder if economists only recognise one type of person: the consumer. In reality we are a species of animal. I remember years ago traveling off road in Baha; I felt that I had stepped out of the world and that a great weight had lifted off my shoulders. I wanted to get out of the 4×4 and run in the desert heat.
August 26, 2008 at 7:59 am
“It seems conceivable that one day economics will be a branch of ecology”
Interesting. I find that most disciplines believe that other disciplines are a subset of their own discipline – we say the same thing in economics. I think there is a lot more in common between the different natural and social sciences then many realise.
“I wonder if economists only recognise one type of person: the consumer”
Like I have said before, the job of the economist is to say what happens to wealth etc – it is not to make value judgments on where the wealth should go, or what outcome is best.
The blog I linked to consistently misses that point – and confuses the value judgments of a few economists over the 70s and 80s with what the discipline is about.
When I tutor I tell my 1st year students in the first tutorial – economics is descriptive, not prescriptive. It gives us a lens with which to view and try to understand the world – but it does not tell us how the world SHOULD work. That question can only be answered when we place values on different things ourselves.
[...] an article we have linked to here, there are people that feel economists ignore the concept that our natural resources are limited [...]
September 4, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Hello
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September 12, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Hi
It had been expected that those who were not compliant with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) GMP standards would be forced to cease operations but the MoH has now softened its stance.
The body’s new position is that each company’s circumstances will be assessed on a case by case basis, with provisory regulations brought in. Companies now have until 2010 to comply with GMP.
Vietnam’s MoH believes that making the nations facilities GMP compliant is essential if they are to evolve into entities capable of competing with foreign competitors.
This is intended to ensure that Vietnam’s small but growing local pharmaceutical production industry, which grew by 18 per cent in 2007 to $560m, is equipped to combat international rivals.
However, the MoH has now adjusted its timeframe for GMP compliance following a petition from Vietnam’s pharmaceutical manufacturers, which explained the difficulties they faced in adopting and maintaining the standards.
Companies felt more time was needed to arrange capital, modify practices and expand production to bring them into line with the GMP criteria.
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September 15, 2008 at 4:13 pm
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August 25, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I have two quick issues with these guys. 1) what does neoclassical mean to them, other than “things we don’t like”, and can they all argue on what it means. 2) may be they should consider that the reason they are ignored is that they just haven’t come up with the goods.
But then I’m just one of those horrible mainstream types.