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It’s a Hypocrisy

We were having discussions on the famous “World Systems Theory” by Wallerstein in class. Someone criticized that Wallerstein has his theory first and picks examples that fit his theory. Fair enough, he is a sociologist and social scientists are usually encouraged to create theories in an inductive way. I asked, “is that a problem to [...]

A Famous Joke about Economists (and Rational-Choicers)

This is a famous joke about economists and rational-choice theorists in social sciences. I’ve heard this a couple of times in class when I was in a political science department. I found two versions of the same joke:
An economist, a physicist, and a psychic find a can of food while they are stranded on a [...]