If economics is going to be actual science, then it economists need to give us their science completely unvarnished by human concerns;
I think the human concerns must be part of the equations.
Sometimes we have to have a less than perfect economy in order to promote other human interests.
That's an interesting point. If it's true, I should think other human interests are being well promoted! Can you elaborate?
Ideally , you would get several economists, policy makers, and sociologists in the room at the same time to discuss a given problem or range of problems. This is what's called a conference.
I think it must be true that the science of economics is so broad-spectrum that interdisciplinary effort is required to provide good data and good results. Does anyone here know how it actually works?
