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bucolic_frolic

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2. Economists are statistical front men for political ideologies

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Apr 5, 2025, 02:49 PM

Apr 5

That's why in Europe and the UK the field is known as political economy. They take the values of the politicians and make theories to sell to society. There's never a cost benefit analysis they can't tweak with assumptions and numbers to please their benefactors.

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