
The Bloomington School of Political Economy with Peter Boettke and Jayme Lemke
Hayek Program Podcast
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What's Missing From People Who Fail to Recognize the Importance of Multiple Methods?
The social sciences in the post World War II error has been done is that you can think of it as divide in the following sense, thin theory or a thick theory. If we're all in this thin model, then there's no real reason for us to ever leave anything but our computers, because we're all the same. On the other hand, if I'm really thick description, every universe, every island is its own universe, right? So I study the the Balinese and cockfight, you know, in depth and detail for this particular time and this particular place. And that's all I can know, right? There's nothing to translate.
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