Our Multiplicity of Authors project gains a four-Goodman item (thanks to investigator Dorothy Petersen): “A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors,” Allen C. Goodman [Wayne State University], Joshua Goodman [Harvard University], Lucas Goodman [University of Maryland], Sarena Goodman [Federal Reserve Board], June 5, 2014. The authors explain: “We explore the phenomenon of coauthorship by economists who […]
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Economists gathering undying economics about the undead
Economics theories never die. Economists, the mortals who study these things, analyze them half, but never fully, to death. This notice shows how such things go on (and on): Call for Abstracts Economics of the Undead: Blood, Brains & Benjamins Glen Whitman & James P. Dow, Editors The editors seek abstracts for essays exploring the […]
Economists understand
Do economists fully understand how the economy works? Yes they do. Do other people understand how the economy works? No, they don’t. This is according to a transcript of a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee ( held in the offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., […]