I've actually had this idea for a while, but I can rarely bring myself to find enough time for a proper article rather than just writing short comments. Thanks for expressing your interest - it has certainly given me additional motivation.
In the meantime, if you haven't seen them already, you can find discussions where I question some established wisdom in economics here and here.
just saw this point repeated 10 minutes ago.
on Tabbarok[http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/03/privatize-the-spectrum.html] saying
"But even if consumer prices did rise the merger is probably still a good idea. It’s long been known that even small cost savings can outweigh losses to consumers from a price increase"
to which Tomasz Wegrzanowski replied: Williamson trade-off model is exactly why people hate economists.
Not once in history of the universe has there been anything benefiting the rich and powerful, for which some econom...
Here's an interesting but very old paper - two theories of Heat Control.
It discusses mental models of home heating systems (thermostats) non-experts use.
These models tend to be extremely wrong from theoretical perspective, but surprisingly useful in practice.
The findings are applicable to a much wider range of subjects than just thermostats, and have certain epistemological significance, especially with regard to compartmentalization.