Probability and Statistics in the Tinbergen-Keynes Debates

Authors

  • William Peden Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v15i2.710

Abstract

As part of a book symposium on Erwin Dekker's Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise (2021), William Peden reflects on shared views on the objectivity and nature of statistics between Tinbergen and Keynes underlying the Tinbergen-Keynes debates.

Author Biography

William Peden, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR

William Peden is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR. He is currently part of the ‘Philosophy of Future and Contemporary Science’ project, with a focus on peer review and artificial intelligence. He was formerly a postdoctoral researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the ‘Jan Tinbergen: the Thinker’ project.

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Published

2022-11-30

How to Cite

Peden, W. (2022). Probability and Statistics in the Tinbergen-Keynes Debates. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 15(2), 100–119. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v15i2.710