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Economics: reform or revolution?
How to make completely opposing claims using the same survey data (or: how to cherry-pick)
Can a Tralfamadorian make predictions?
Don't cling to a mistake just because you have spent a lot of time making it
Tasered by Trump, plus some vague thoughts on melting ideologies
Great recession caused the dirty oil boom? (plus bonus self-indulgent whinge about writer's block)
Letter mainly to myself, post-Donald
Resilience, Yochai Benkler-stylee
Moloch
Humans: nought but shipping containers that need to sleep at night

Mark Thoma

I've learned that new economic thinking means reading old books. (here via here)

Margaret Thatcher

Economics are the method - the object is to change the soul.

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