EDWARD L. GLAESER announces the end of his Economix posts
"Positive economics attempts to understand the world as it is; normative economics describes how the world should be. Most economists spend most of their time doing positive economics, but most economics columns advocate particular policies, which is implicitly normative economics."
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/the-role-of-economics-in-an-imperfect-world/
also:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/what-makes-cities-great/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/cities-do-it-better/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/mayor-bloomberg-an-unwitting-symbol-of-his-city/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/why-are-some-cities-more-entrepreneurial-than-others/
"Positive economics attempts to understand the world as it is; normative economics describes how the world should be. Most economists spend most of their time doing positive economics, but most economics columns advocate particular policies, which is implicitly normative economics."
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/the-role-of-economics-in-an-imperfect-world/
also:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/what-makes-cities-great/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/cities-do-it-better/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/mayor-bloomberg-an-unwitting-symbol-of-his-city/
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/why-are-some-cities-more-entrepreneurial-than-others/
