http://www.johnborland.com/2009/11/12/liberal-paternalism-or-govt-out-of-my-idiocy/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.johnborland.com/2009/11/12/liberal-paternalism-or-govt-out-of-my-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Ben Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:11:32 +0000 http://www.johnborland.com/?p=384#comment-163 I enjoyed this. Behavioral Economics is snarky name for what's essentially a psychological critique of classical economics, which still claims to track "rational" human behavior. All goes to show that econ is just as much a "fuzzy" social science as a "hard" natural one like, say, biology or physics. But goodness knows classical econ is overdue for a good critique or three these days. Have you seen <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=the-trap" rel="nofollow">The Trap</a>? I enjoyed this. Behavioral Economics is snarky name for what’s essentially a psychological critique of classical economics, which still claims to track “rational” human behavior. All goes to show that econ is just as much a “fuzzy” social science as a “hard” natural one like, say, biology or physics. But goodness knows classical econ is overdue for a good critique or three these days. Have you seen The Trap?

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