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cliffelam · 4960 days ago · link · · parent · post: RutherfordGate: Historian Responds to President Obama’s Hayes Slur
I am with you on that. ESPECIALLY NOW WITH SMART PHONES. It took me about 10 seconds to hear that quote, call mental BS, and look up that article.
I was reading "Debt" last night and found four major factual errors in the first 17 pages - and this isn't even in an area where I know anything. Just general historical stuff. So I had to, reluctantly, put the book down. How can you trust the author? -XC
That's why Galbraith coined the term "conventional wisdom". It was meant to be a pejorative for things people believe without testing or thinking about or researching. He was talking specifically about economics, but of course it applies to all aspects of knowledge.
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My degree is, actually, in the dismal science. I like how you can wish away the world with "ceteris paribus" - good to see that the nobel prize committee, when they aren't slapping America with the Peace medal, is going after economists who model the real world.
Agree with you 100% on JKG. --XC
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