RE: Re: RE: Lies, damned lies, and economics

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Eugene Coyle writes:
> The problem is much worse than lying economists.  Economists believe what
they say.<

right.

>Would a biology or other science teacher start with teaching Creationism
and then critiquing it around the edges by pointing out some counter
evidence?  It seems to me that anyone teaching micro is doing that ---
starting with perfect competition in all it glory and then mentioning an
assumption or two that can be critiqued.

>The whole has to be rejected, there is no gain in debating bits with
economists.<

so what framework would you start with?

Jim