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HES: Re: QUERY--Econ fallacies question

Fred Foldvary (fred at foldvary.net)

Mon Jul 17 17:26:03 EDT 2006

> Actually a fallacy is a particular type of logical  
> error.   
> Rod  
  
These economic fallacies are mistakes in reasoning,  
hence they pertain more to logic than to evidence.  
  
For example, one cannot refute Says' law from  
evidence.  Any evidence will fit several different  
explanations.  
  
Fred Foldvary