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The fragility of a discipline when a model has monopoly status

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  • Sandra Peart

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We consider the consequences of a scientific literature with only one model of an important phenomenon. The falsification of the model would mean falsification of the science. Scientists who would prefer not to have their discipline falsified will be tempted to find ad hoc explanations to excuse the failure. To test this hypothesis we propose a study of the economic forecasts of the comparative Soviet and American growth rates in the years before a public choice model of central planning was a viable alternative to the public interest model. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006

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  • David Levy & Sandra Peart, 2006. "The fragility of a discipline when a model has monopoly status," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 19(2), pages 125-136, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:19:y:2006:i:2:p:125-136
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-006-7344-5
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