Re: The Problem with Economics (was: Re: LVT: a discussion with a center/left economist)

>But it needs to be rigorous, doesn't it? I would think
>that means empirical, but I dunno.

I don't think the two are synonymous at all. Geometry is certainly
rigorous, but it's not empirical, it's derived a priori from a set of
postulates.

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