A very thoughtful review of Wapshott's book by Noah Smith includes this and other analogies to the modern blogosphere. I think that's good. I've never quite been comfortable with the take on Cowen as an impartial judge. He does have a clear viewpoint, and yet there is an air of impartiality about him. Noah nails it - Cowen is Pigou!
Read the review - great stuff in there. Except I'm pretty sure Economica is still going strong.
Yes, sorry, my mistake. Fixed it.
ReplyDeleteWhile Noah Smith made a good review of Wapshott's book, I have to reiterate myself...
ReplyDeleteIs the Keynes/Hayek clash really new? There are apparently foreshadowings of the essence of their debate in the Enlightenment. See the following book review and paper for reference.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3SYHVKESKHER1/
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1751569