Comments on: Weekend Roundup

By: GregS

GregS — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:14:44 +0000

Dr. Landsburg
I love your blog so far. Could you please do a piece on the skeptics of economics? I’m speaking of works like “Debunking Economics” and anything like it. I came across that book on an anarchist site that a friend shared with me (curiously, anarchists are supposed to loathe free markets). There are those who say Pricing Theory is a big lie, contrived to support free market policies. The Econ 101 chart showing the demand curve and supply curve coming together, creating a glorious triangle of consumer and producer surpluses, is a gross exaggeration (again, supposedly). The assumption of decreasing marginal costs is apparently under fire. Are you familiar with this school of thought, or is it not even worth bothering with?

By: Jacob Williams

Jacob Williams — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:23:18 +0000

Dr. Landsburg,
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your blog. I do it in my free time. I am currently in my first year of a Ph.D. Economics program and I hope learn much about how to more clearly articulate things from this blog.
Just figured I would let you know! Hope you keep publishing such great and intriguing stuff.

By: Kareem Carr

Kareem Carr — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:18:22 +0000

I recently found out about some good notes on Incompleteness that seem quite accessible and might be worth a read. http://twofoldgaze.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/incompleteness-from-the-properties-of-algorithms/