tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post493120531158696346..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Is economics a science? Part TwoPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-21120892263410175702009-01-06T01:03:00.000+00:002009-01-06T01:03:00.000+00:00Hari Seldon will be along soon. When he does, Rich...Hari Seldon will be along soon. When he does, Richard is going to feel foolish.marksanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520830611440112455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-24339587245335598302009-01-03T23:48:00.000+00:002009-01-03T23:48:00.000+00:00There's a part one to this post, that does make so...There's a part one to this post, that does make something of an argument that economics is a science, but an immature one. It isn't my argument, so it's even more interesting than it might otherwise be.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-78653051845246057672009-01-03T22:41:00.000+00:002009-01-03T22:41:00.000+00:00Of course economics is not a proper science like p...Of course economics is not a proper science like physics but there are a lot of rules of thumb that are always borne out in practice, it's all commonsense and observing what happens and finding patterns.<BR/><BR/>The problem is there are those, like me, who are forever observing that free markets are best left to themselves and that some taxes are worse than others; whereas the likes of RM think that His Kind Of People are far better at running the economy and if we only allowed them to tell us what to do all the time that we'd be a lot happier.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com