tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post6253789409908890755..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Math Hard, Society Easy?Eric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-3083895627769317792010-02-12T19:09:44.278-06:002010-02-12T19:09:44.278-06:00"Figuring out why Haiti is so poor"
Her..."Figuring out why Haiti is so poor"<br /><br />Here you go:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_NationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-64663589203901738322010-02-12T06:35:41.384-06:002010-02-12T06:35:41.384-06:00So, why are the social sciences so hard? Why has s...So, why are the social sciences so hard? Why has so little progress been made in them?<br /><br />My guess is that it's because things like the economy are large and complicated systems. So maybe predicting the economic climate next year is a bit like predicting the weather next year. Do you think that's the right analogy?Robert Johnsonhttp://reasonpowerpolicy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-70999796610799700772010-02-12T00:29:54.133-06:002010-02-12T00:29:54.133-06:00Completely off topic, but have you seen the paper ...Completely off topic, but have you seen the paper by Nikolai Roussanov, "Diversification and its Discontents: Idiosyncratic and Entrepreneurial Risk in the Quest for Social Status"? As soon as I saw that I thought of your book...tcnoreply@blogger.com