We Cannot Interpret Economic Data Unless We Know Economic Theory

09/15/2022 Frank Shostak

Logical positivism holds that theory is irrelevant to the empirical results. It is the other way around; One cannot understand or interpret economic data until one has a working economic theory in place.

Original Article: “We Cannot Interpret Economic Data Unless We Know Economic Theory”

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