A Reader's Reaction to:
Needed: A New Empiricism by Barbara R. Bergmann.

Summary

Adam Smith's methodology -- and the modern economist's -- is one of theory, led by observation. Alternative methodologies, including opinion surveys of businessmen are no more likely to generate useful answers than this time-tested epistemology.

Recommended Citation

Kendall, Todd D. (2007) "Letter: Why Not Just Ask the Dolphins?," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 4 : Iss. 4, Article 1.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss4/art1

Readers' Reactions

Barbara R. Bergmann, Reply to Kendall: Asking v. Story-Spinning (June 2007)