Geof Davies as a physicist has written a brilliant book about the current state of economics as a field of practice. The book shows the directions in which change in the training of economists should take place. Being an economist that was never orthodox, I would think this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to study economics and actually propose policy that might work.
I have no hesitation recommending this book to anyone wanting to become an economist. It will save you years of frustration. The way economics is taught generally, and I have seen almost no exceptions to this, resembles a religion. To pass your exam you write what the examiner wants to see. Truth matters little in conventional economics class.
Don't expect Davies to pat you on the back if you believe what your orthodox economics prof tells you. He already thinks you are an idiot that has not learned how to think clearly.
The book is brilliant and a must for future economists, or whatever the science will become.
Don't rush your best ideas. Grow them....
Arthur
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The importance of naught:
It had the biggest head you ever saw. A great enormous thing, - like nothing. A huge big -- well, like a -- I don't know -- like an enormous big nothing. A.A. Milne, "Winnie The Pooh"
