Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A Critique of Harrison's Critical Reconsideration

Following on from Michael's post (re Harrison's critical reconsideration), and the related post by Liam on the Bernheim appraisal:

Neuroeconomics: A Critique of 'Neuroeconomics: A Critical Reconsideration'

Date: 2008-03-25
By: Stanton, Angela A.

(The paper is available here).

---Abridged Abstract----

The field of neuroeconomics is barely into its teenage years... Redesign the field of economics developed over a hundred years? ...That is not what neuroeconomics is trying to do, in spite of all the efforts of some economists trying to place it into that shoebox...

The two fields, neuroeconomics and SE (ed- standard economics), are evaluating two sides of the same coin; one with and the other without ceteris paribus; they are not necessarily in conflict with one another.

1 comment:

Kevin Denny said...

I'm reconsidering my decision to write a critical response to the critique of Harrison's critical reconsideration.Hmm...maybe I will just do some research instead.