On the uses of contrariness

A madman is someone who draws correct conclusions
from false premises.
John LOCKE
In the years spent at Diplo I have indulged my taste for contrariness. I have been called “Resident Contrarian” – part in jest, part in frustration, and sometimes in anger. Surviving as a contrarian is far from easy – for one easily oversteps the bounds [...]

Economists and Climate Change – Homework Comes First

 
A Comment to Henderson
Aldo Matteucci – DiploFoundation, Geneva (Switzerland)
 
David HENDERSON (World Economics X, 1) is certainly right in highlighting the “uncritical and over-presumptive ways in which [economists] have dealt with the scientific aspects” of climate change. All of his points are well taken and deserve expeditious and thorough treatment. As the aging IBM-adage says: garbage [...]