Really enjoyed the post. Would like clarification on something
However, I note that when some developmental economists venture out to do something new in climate change, these problems immediately rear up. This to me is moderate evidence for motivated reasoning and selection bias also being rampant in that cause area.
I’m not fully following this point and would like to hear more about it. Is this suggesting that development economists over-estimate the impacts of climate change or something else? And do you have any examples (any will do, they don’t have to be good) of what you’ve noted?
To me, modern-day development economics seems incredibly cognizant of how technocracy and grand theories could go wrong. It’s therefore more rigorous (at least compared to other areas and other domains of economics). I’m curious if that rigor disappears when it comes to climate change.
I didn’t mean anything special, just that IDInsight developmental economists started Giving Green and was overly credulous in a bunch of ways, as mentioned in the New causes section.
Really enjoyed the post. Would like clarification on something
I’m not fully following this point and would like to hear more about it. Is this suggesting that development economists over-estimate the impacts of climate change or something else? And do you have any examples (any will do, they don’t have to be good) of what you’ve noted?
To me, modern-day development economics seems incredibly cognizant of how technocracy and grand theories could go wrong. It’s therefore more rigorous (at least compared to other areas and other domains of economics). I’m curious if that rigor disappears when it comes to climate change.
I didn’t mean anything special, just that IDInsight developmental economists started Giving Green and was overly credulous in a bunch of ways, as mentioned in the New causes section.