The Economic Science Novice

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Ed Zimmer is an engineer as well as has solely of late encountered economics.

But I had right away picked upwardly an involvement inwards macroeconomics — as well as started seriously reading many of the economists' blogs as well as papers. But the to a greater extent than I read, the to a greater extent than disillusioned I became. Having no previous introduction to economics, I initially assumed economists were scientists (and that was reinforced past times the math I was seeing). But every bit I read their blogs as well as papers as well as worked through many of their mathematical models, I came to realize they're non scientists at all — but philosophers. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 model reflecting reality but CANNOT hold upwardly built from variables that cannot hold upwardly just defined as well as accurately measured — then their models are essentially useless. They may laissez passer on insights (for readers to examination alongside their ain logic), but whatever notion that they're offering "truths" is just simplistic.

And to chemical compound that weakness, nearly economists' papers part the academic weakness of trying to a greater extent than to disprove other economists' locomote than offering feasible solutions to real-world problems. So much of what is constitute inwards today's economic science textbooks as well as blogs is but imitation — the real-world truth oftentimes beingness the exact reverse of what is written. Economics is non that complicated — petty to a greater extent than than the disiplined logic every human is capable of.

So that's how this site has boot the bucket The Economic Novice. It gives me a platform to pose out my solutions (admittedly novice, but hopefully clear as well as logical) to societal problems resulting from technological change. I'm doing this every bit a webpage (rather than a blog) but because I don't desire arguments mucking upwardly the presentation. I'll betoken to this site every bit applicable inwards others' Comments sections as well as that's where arguments volition occur. If anyone wants to fence via email, you'll abide by me at edzimmer@zimmer-foundation.org.

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