tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2277682164244071197..comments2024-03-29T09:32:34.853-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Geoffrey Hodgson — Economic Rationality Explains Everything and Nothingmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-76575378868069868492016-04-04T12:16:10.641-04:002016-04-04T12:16:10.641-04:00Here’s a great antidote to all this bullshit. Some...Here’s a great antidote to all this bullshit. Some common sense. . . . and underscores why the ordinary guy has no patience with all these big words and small ideas. And he takes on utility, too.<br /><br />Gerg Gigerenzer at INET. 2012. Around 20 min.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdEEwoKkfMA<br /><br />Yves Smith had a great title for introducing this video in 2012:<br />"Gerd Gigerenzer: On How Decisions are Really Made, Versus How Economists Say They Should Make Decisions, and Why the Folks in the Real World Often Have it Right”<br />Her preamble was good: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/gerd-gigerenzer-on-how-decisions-are-really-made-versus-how-economists-say-they-should-make-decisions-and-why-the-folks-in-the-real-world-often-have-it-right.htmlMRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878920695841363553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-69162412612952863932016-04-04T04:45:27.090-04:002016-04-04T04:45:27.090-04:00Reasonable response here which the Philosophers m...Reasonable <a href="https://bargaininggame.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/economics-rational-choice-theory-and-utility-maximization/" rel="nofollow"> response here</a> which the Philosophers may want to comment on. NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-26367483019964981402016-04-03T14:38:26.055-04:002016-04-03T14:38:26.055-04:00Geoff Hodgson rocks. I remember reading a paper by...Geoff Hodgson rocks. I remember reading a paper by him and he had the best put down of utility ever "why did the chicken cross the road? To maximise it's utility"Andy Blatchfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196261322445607791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-36237624780598275012016-04-03T14:35:31.297-04:002016-04-03T14:35:31.297-04:00Geoff Hodgson rocks. I remember reading a paper by...Geoff Hodgson rocks. I remember reading a paper by him and he had the best put down of utility ever "why did the chicken cross the road? To maximise it's utility"Andy Blatchfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196261322445607791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-47838807514696342692016-04-03T13:46:38.215-04:002016-04-03T13:46:38.215-04:00Tom you have to get the Philosophers fired up on t...Tom you have to get the Philosophers fired up on this.... I think they have a lot to add to the discussion and in what should be a good way... "Help Wanted" or "Help Needed" from them big league imo....Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-28448438725198216422016-04-03T11:28:28.726-04:002016-04-03T11:28:28.726-04:00Philosophy is the search for real solutions to ima...Philosophy is the search for real solutions to imaginary problems.<br />Mainstream economics is the search for imaginary solutions to real problems.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com