Comment on All while the skeletal, crumbling, dusty bones of an econ major pulls business backwards into hell.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 week agoEconomists can do real good for the world
If you put 10 economists in a room, you’ll get 11 opinions.
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yeah, outside of some very rudimentary principals, macro-economics is basically astrology for MBA bros.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Oh, agreed. Retrospective economic research is valuable.