Up in Switzerland, Down in Italy: Three Days on the North Ridge of Piz Badile

Rational Expectations Hypothesis, DSGE models and the Behavioural paradigm _ This blogpost is an extract of this paper _ Throughout the development of economic theory, the importance of expectations has grown, significantly influencing both research and economic policies (1). Although it is now almost impossible to find an economic discussion that does not consider this concept, economists' attention to how expectations are actually formed and how they interact with other economic variables...

Reflections on F. Baldini essay "Naturalizing the mind. Ideas for a multidisciplinary reflection on the phenomenon of hunger" Nature and Culture What does naturalization mean? Well, it is a tricky concept used differently in different arenas. It is often and erroneously thought to mean applying the methods and techniques born in the contexts of the so-called ‘natural sciences’ to the so-called ‘sciences of the spirit’ or ‘human sciences’. This drift has given rise to entire research projects...