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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Statements by economists about other social sciences, an occasional series

“Part of what’s interesting is that it could help,” said [Robin] Hanson, clearly not enthused by public service per se. “Economics as a discipline is really the only social science where normative claims, about what should happen, are part of the standard literature.".

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