Richard,

I would suggest you take a look at Ariel Rubinstein's Economic Fables if you haven't already.  It has a beautiful description of how a serious theorist uses models. 

Dave

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From: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Lipsey
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [SHOE] MARK BLAUG AND BELIEF IN MODELS

	My late good friend, Mark Baugh, was wont to say that the problem with economists when they came to talk about the real world was the they believed their own models. I heard him say something like that many times but never saw it in print, although I suspect he did commit it to print somewhere in his voluminous writings.
	I am writing an essay that amply illustrates Mark's comment and would like to quote him on the opening page.
	I would be most grateful if anyone could help we with a reference to where Mark made that comment, or something similar, in print?
Richard Lipsey