Mario, here is a non-technical article of possible interest: Stephen T. Ziliak, Some Tendencies of Social Welfare and the Problem of Interpretation<http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2002/1/cj21n3-10.pdf>, Cato Journal 21 (3, Winter 2002), pp. 499-5 Cheers, Steve Stephen T. Ziliak Professor of Economics Roosevelt University Chicago IL USA http://blogs.roosevelt.edu/sziliak .................................................................... From: Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Mario Rizzo <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 12:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHOE] Quantitative Constants Do anyone know of an article or book (not too old) that discusses the record of success (failure) of economists in the search for generally applicable quantitative constants like the Phillips trade-off, Okun's Law and so forth? Thanks for any assistance, Mario -- Mario J. Rizzo NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Department of Economics 19 West 4th Street, Seventh Floor (725) New York, NY 10012 212-998-8932 (telephone, e-mail preferred) 212-995-4186 (fax) Personal website: http://works.bepress.com/mario_rizzo<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__works.bepress.com_mario-5Frizzo&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=oMtA4KUWSmltcTPaNbOwfMUGYQ1ZQN2fg6zxzhqXhDc&e=> Classical Liberal Institute: http://www.classicalliberalinstitute.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.classicalliberalinstitute.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=a3ZtFtuEt3JUFu88X6aC03gHy5cglop5EE_4FUh-YAo&e=> Colloquium: http://econ.as.nyu.edu/object/econ.event.colloquium<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__econ.as.nyu.edu_object_econ.event.colloquium&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=2pQLayKljTPHE7Vd5nqouj2vRRUnb7WcVGH-YF8-U0A&e=> Blog: http://thinkmarkets.wordpress.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__thinkmarkets.wordpress.com&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=ohe_P6sh5eQd8_WXciI6CiYDOZcsR9f73Cf70RbvqGg&e=> Book Series: https://www.routledge.com/series/SE0104<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.routledge.com_series_SE0104&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=WqDw-8RUsts3LwOobYnsRJRzlc4Vgn_4jKBQQFUtwbY&e=> Austrian Economics Re-examined: http://www.amazon.com/Austrian-Economics-Re-examined-Ignorance-Foundations/dp/1138023000<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.amazon.com_Austrian-2DEconomics-2DRe-2Dexamined-2DIgnorance-2DFoundations_dp_1138023000&d=DQMFaQ&c=a-IB_GMEfAZCNvTl5o6ZExYKmR-HZTqw1M_ZxQv8eiY&r=nCqWutAsa9Skqxn5UBY181gHG6xJ17NJNQ98YefR4Kk&m=f8-zvjAhjOkb0F_x_-Mp3dnjQ_P5fddoivcwGA8F2jc&s=QYEte3aOgSEbnZXSj-2HZeg9HSn6tvSuo91wy3h8ivk&e=>