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> As a joke it's like the Godel jotd from the other day - but the problem here
> is that it's hard to model the system when you're inside of it. Economics
> fixes that problem by pretending that you're on the outside looking in. And
> then they forget to laugh at the joke. AMEN!
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This makes complete sense - - if everything in the world is explained by supply and demand, and- if human decision-making is the same for all decisions- you don't have an economic side of the brain and a non-economic side
then this work is a real contribution. But I have my doubts :-)It's like Gary
http://tinyurl.com/rn7x7
The Economics Of Prostitution
Michael Noer, 02.14.06, 12:00 PM ET
Wife or whore?
The choice is that simple. At least according to economists Lena
Edlund and Evelyn Korn, it is.
The two well-respected economists created a minor stir in academic
circles a few year
