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Eastern Economic Journal (2009) 35, 10–13. doi:10.1057/eej.2008.48

In Praise of Modern Economics

David Colandera

aDepartment of Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 5753, USA. E-mail: colander@middlebury.edu

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Abstract

Modern economics deserves both praise and criticism. It has improved immensely over the past decades. It is more empirical, more open to different approaches, and uses technical tools in a much better way. It still has a long way to go.

Keywords:

neoclassical, heterodox, plurodoxy

JEL Classifications:

A10; B10

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