Hi everyone. In class today, we're going to pose this question (edited from
Dan Altman). I hope you'll have some thoughts about it. See you soon...
What happens when the only assumptions are unbelievable?
In my subfield (International Relations), 99% of work relies on a heroic and
likely unrealistic ignorability assumption.
How seriously should this work be taken? Why shouldn't one adopt a somewhat
nihilistic attitude towards virtually the whole of this body of work?
Gary
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