An immortal fumble by Kelly DeRango (24-Nov-1998)

Robert Samuelson on Joan Robinson (two economists)

I actually enjoyed your post "Do Supply Markets Exist" because, frankly,
most of it consisted of other people's writings on economics.

How and the world can you extensively quote Robert Samuelson on Joan
Robinson (two economists) who demonstrates the point you are trying to
make, that a maximizing framework can have produce a relationship
between labor utilization and wages which is counter to the econ 101
model and then say,

"The final questions posed by this example are a matter of the
sociology of knowledge. Similar examples have been available
in the literature for over three decades. Many economists,
including specialists in labor economics, seem to be unaware of
this possibility. Why do so many economists have logically
mistaken beliefs about their subject? Why do they continue to
teach exploded dogma?"

Are you claiming to be an expert on Labor Economics and Labor
Economists?

And to answer:

"Why do they continue to teach exploded dogma?"

in econ 101?  Do you think that observing breaks in the fossil records
that are not consistent with a biology 101 understanding of evolution
constitutes a rejection of evolutionary theory?

Drop the arrogance and get serious.
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