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Is Empirical Economics Bunk? Speaking to Applied Economist Peter Backus

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March 13, 2022

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I recently shared a collection of resources which cast doubt on the quantitative research economists and other social scientists like myself use so much. Applied economist Peter Backus is joining me to reflect on this issue and ask why and when we should trust quantitative social science.

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