Economics

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The Street Porter and the Philosopher

Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism

By Sandra Peart & David M. Levy
Subjects: Economics, History of Economic Thought, Economic Theory, System -- Development, Philosophy, History, Intellectual History

Leading economists explore the premise that all social interactions are exchanges among inherently equal human beings

The Cult of Statistical Significance

How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives

By Deirdre Nansen McCloskey & Steve Ziliak
Subjects: Economics, History of Economic Thought, Economic Theory, Political Science, Political Methodology, Sociology, History, Intellectual History, Health & Medicine, European History, Nature/Environment, Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense

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