Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Fightin' Words

A woman who loved a good fight
Would demand, as she argued all night,
Philosophical heft
From those on the left
And empirical proof from the right.


A recent walk through the economic blogosphere left the impression that liberals (of the progressive variety, as in this randomly selected post by Paul Krugman) like to base their arguments on data, history and "whatever works;" while conservatives (particularly of the supply side or libertarian variety) seem to prefer philosophy, game theory, analogies or even the US constitution - anything but empirical studies.

5 comments:

  1. Excellent! Thanks so much for participating in my latest Limerick-Off with this delightful contribution!

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  2. Mad, your Limerick-Off is a great forum, and I love it when I can use one of your first lines in an economic limerick!

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  3. I love when you can do it too. :) Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoy participating!

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  4. I'm back to congratulate you for winning Limerick of the week for this wonderful limerick:
    Thanks so much! Limerick of the Week 7.

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