Nov 26, 2008 14:32
Economic theory this, economic theory that... why is there no effort to quantify which economic theories function best under which circumstances? Maybe this exists already, but I'm tired of endless arguing about what this country needs economically.. why isn't there a "historical economics" field?
Google turns up the "Historical School of Economics", which is sort of what i'm getting at, but it's another school of thought, not the academic study of economic successes and failures. Does this exist?