• Jaderick@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I refuse to believe economists have the best of intentions in mind when they write in absolutes lol. Too many refuse to factor human costs and irrationality into their calculations, Friedman being one of main examples.

    I’m sure there are economists that do, but the few I’ve spoken to talk about people abstractly and as expendables.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah it’s batshit that an economist won a nobel prize for his theory that people don’t act 100% rationally so that’s why economic models were failing to predict reality.

      Like, I’m sure it wasn’t obvious and I’m not trying to sound like I’m smarter than economists, but holy fuck duh