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Why aligned economists point in all directions

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:48 am
by gsabc
http://wire.factcheck.org/2009/02/10/wh ... e-part-ii/

Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer cherce. Here's hoping that someone willing to admit to any mistakes and work to fix them is in charge.

Re: Why aligned economists point in all directions

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:58 am
by Jeemie
It's the Bounded Rationality problem.

We can't possibly get all the information necessary to adopt a truly rational solution, so we offer limited ones.

Therefore, any economic model assuming the complete rationality of all the players in the economy is bound to be wrong.