Of course, the "Science Wars" are all the rage right now, with "real"
scientists disagreeing precisely over the points in contention here (as
below). So saying that economists have to be "scientists" or that "a
scientific approach is needed" is to say exactly nothing, since all agree
that science
The discussion/debate between Jim Devine and myself has reached a stage were I
don't think it is going anywhere. My main problem or rather frustration with
Jim's approach is that he seems to *collect* various interpretations of Marx's
*Capital* or theory in general on his living room self without