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never used the term economic science to refer to any phenomenon.
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These issues were crystallized for me.
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I had followed Bob's work on excess volatility
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and tried to contribute some of my own
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on the power of statistical tests.
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I was struck by the bitterness of the controversies
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that surrounded Bob's work on excess volatility.
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In particular, where so many in finance seemed to regard attacks
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on the efficient market hypothesis
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in rather the way they would regard attacks on their spouses or children,
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and called for not just a rational rejoinder,
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but some effort at the destruction of the assailant.