tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082929785652792749.post4192371845197788915..comments2023-06-16T10:52:52.408-04:00Comments on ethnografix (people + writing) = a blog by ryan anderson: Anthropology/EconomicsRyan Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082929785652792749.post-10854897161463332712010-03-11T03:27:06.894-05:002010-03-11T03:27:06.894-05:00Ah, I see the link to the Gintis talk was removed....Ah, I see the link to the Gintis talk was removed. Oh well, you can google it. <br /><br />As for behavioral economics -- it's still controversial in some quarters, but much less so these days. Kahneman got a Nobel prize for his work on the subject. <br /><br />The recent New Yorker piece on Paul Krugman is an entertaining look at another Nobel laureate economist who has argued against the "freshwater economists" of the Chicago school. "Saltwater economists" (so-called because they tend to cluster in schools on the US coasts) are more interested in what actually happens (messy, unpredictable, shaped as much by passion as by reason) than in building exquisite mathematical models. <br /><br />Saltwater is in the ascendent these days. <br /><br />You might find economic math hard slogging ... I do, and I've actually taken calculus and statistics fairly recently. I just keep reading and hope that with extended exposure, something will penetrate.Zorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660197888409500129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082929785652792749.post-17961129595822403282010-03-08T22:36:49.645-05:002010-03-08T22:36:49.645-05:00Thanks Zora. I will definitely look more into thi...Thanks Zora. I will definitely look more into this. I have read a bit in this area, but not in any real depth--more references to this strain of economics than anything else. I have read about the idea of "bounded rationality," which provides some middle ground, I think, between anthropology and economics. <br /><br />How does behavioral econ fare overall within the field of economics? Is it an outlier, or fairly well accepted?<br /><br />This makes me want to go take some seminars in the econ department...in my free time of course. <br /><br />Thanks again for your comment!Ryan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082929785652792749.post-89187940556334082662010-03-08T22:16:58.318-05:002010-03-08T22:16:58.318-05:00Do read some behavioral economics. Not all economi...Do read some behavioral economics. Not all economists believe that the rational actor model describes even microeconomics. The Wikipedia article isn't that bad; you can start there and then follow links and read books in the bibliography. <br /><br />You can eavesdrop on economists if you read Brad DeLong's blog, Grasping Reality with ... (the termination of this phrase varies, depending on his whim; both hands, all eight tentacles, etc.). <br /><br />This video, by Gintis, is great. Five principles to unify the social sciences.Zorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660197888409500129noreply@blogger.com