
I started to read idly, and soon found myself hooked. An intelligent insider's thoughts on research strategies will do that to you. The world of economics is a complicated and messy place. Yet modern economic analysis rests on an attempt to represent the world by means of simple...

The world of economics is a complicated and messy place. Yet modern economic analysis rests on an attempt to represent the world by means of simple mathematical models. To what extent is this possible? How can such a programme cope with the fact that economic outcomes are often...