The Role of Data in Developing Economic Theories
Consider two economists attempting to explain the causes of national wealth. The first is an 18th-century thinker with access only to anecdotal evidence, historical accounts, and personal observations. The second is a contemporary economist with access to vast digital databases containing decades of national income, trade, and demographic statistics. Analyze how the difference in data availability would likely affect the process each economist uses to form, test, and establish the credibility of their respective economic theories.
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