Explanatory fictionalism in economics

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Fri, 11/08/2023 - 23:05
Updated
Fri, 11/08/2023 - 23:05
One of the limitations of economics is the restricted possibility to perform experiments, forcing it to mainly rely on observational studies for knowledge of real-world economies. But still — the idea of performing laboratory experiments holds a firm grip on our wish to discover (causal) relationships between economic ‘variables.’ If we only could isolate and […]

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