fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoAll while the skeletal, crumbling, dusty bones of an econ major pulls business backwards into hell.mander.xyzimagemessage-square110linkfedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down114
arrow-up1780arrow-down1imageAll while the skeletal, crumbling, dusty bones of an econ major pulls business backwards into hell.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square110linkfedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months ago Economists can do real good for the world If you put 10 economists in a room, you’ll get 11 opinions.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYeah, outside of some very rudimentary principals, macro-economics is basically astrology for MBA bros.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoTo be fair, there are some good retrospective economists. “A happened because of X, Y and Z.” But an economist that predicts the future is always wrong, often spectacularly.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOh, agreed. Retrospective economic research is valuable.
If you put 10 economists in a room, you’ll get 11 opinions.
Yeah, outside of some very rudimentary principals, macro-economics is basically astrology for MBA bros.
To be fair, there are some good retrospective economists. “A happened because of X, Y and Z.”
But an economist that predicts the future is always wrong, often spectacularly.
Oh, agreed. Retrospective economic research is valuable.