I recently read The Making of an Economist, which provides insight into the world of PhD economist. The authors, Arjo Klamer and David Colander, surveyed a few hundred students from teh top economics PhD programs in the country. Their findings were disappointing, and I hope to post some more on the current state of the economics profession, as Colander has supplemented the 1987 book with an updated analysis and an updated book.
This post will focus on some of the methodological problems of economics, which I felt Colander clearly …