Ep. 472 Pontus Rendahl on His Failed Outreach to Heterodox Economists
Pontus Rendahl is a neoclassically trained economist who spent a decade at the University of Cambridge, which has a long tradition of hosting heterodox economics. He made good-faith efforts to interact with these outsiders but reports that the attempt bore little fruit. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. The…
Ep. 459 Chicago-Trained Alberto Bisin Defends the Use of Mathematics in Economics
Bob has a delightful discussion with one of his NYU professors on the recent controversy regarding the use of math in economics. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Paul Romer’s critique of “mathiness” in the theory of economic growth. Bob’s doctoral dissertation, with mathematical appendix showing the problems…