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Simon Cox looks at Paul Romer's attack on 30 years of “intellectual regress” in macroeconomics, as embarrassing as the obsolete phlogiston theory of fire - only sustained by deference to authority, not facts.

made: 21 Sep 2016   for: The Economist Newspaper, London

link: economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21707529-no-holds-are-barred-paul-romers-latest-assault-macroeconomics-emperors