Brigid Slipka

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When Theories are Wrong

November 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Living Well

Theories are lovely.  They are neatify the world, project order on to a myraid of disparate behaviors, allow educated guesses at what the future holds. But there is no theory, ever, that explains everything that it claims it does.  Some square-shaped action will not fit into that round-shaped reasoning. When this happens, proponents of the [...]

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