http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081029/full/news.2008.1183.html?s=news_rss Ignoring decades of sophisticated economic theory spells trouble for us all, argues Philip Ball. What you don't learn at school about the economy 10.1038/news.2008.1183 Science in culture Wed Oct 29 14:49:12 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Oct 29 14:49:12 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/4551023a.html?s=news_rss If you want to start an argument, ask the person who just said 'paradigm shift' what it really means. Or 'epigenetic'. Nature goes in search of the terms that get scientists most worked up. 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