Crooked Timber on contrarianism, as exemplified by the new book Superfreakonomics:
To sum up my current view: “contrarianism” is mostly contrary to reality, the “conventional wisdom” is probably wiser than the typical unconventional alternative, and “politically incorrect” views are almost always incorrect in every way: literally, scientifically and morally.
I’m not sure, but I think that this makes John Quiggin a conservative by temperament.
October 21, 2009 at 10:49 am
I suspect he’d freely admit to taking a “conservative” view contra “contrarianism” as we know it.