I would like to suggest that the discussion be carried on the list. Because it raises some fundamental questions about the discipline and its role in the public policy domain. This goes back to John Stuart Mill's work in which he made superb analyses about the need for a deductive science, which would be meaningful only if the scientist learnt the "art" of political economy, by which he meant its applied branch. Some interesting work is being done by other scholars as well in this area.



For those whose patience is wearing thin, our moderator has already pointed out the role of the delete button in our inboxes.



Sumitra Shah



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From: Societies for the History of Economics [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Colander, David C. [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [SHOE] on 'statesmen' and economists whispering to princes

I have been waiting to get various discussions in before responding, but I think most comments are in so I will respond.

Again: A warning--this discussion is a response to comments on an earlier post of mine, so if you haven't been following that discussion, you might not want to bother reading this.

To those who are part of this discussion, I suspect we have worn the patience of many on the list who are not so involved in this, so I suggest that if we continue this discussion, we continue it off line.

Dave



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