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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And simplified until linear relationships appear.

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  • Brainsploosh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    To be fair, my engineering degree also did this.

    Good thing I learnt that linearity in my chosen specialty only breaks down in the exotic circumstances of air, room temperature, 1 atm pressure, and distances of <0,5 m or >30 m.

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    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In college - Assume everything is linear

      Later - Everything is not linear

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  • BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tell us you dont understand economics without telling us…

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Supply demand curves are usually drawn with straight lines.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        never once in my economics education did they do that. not just because it’s easier to draw a curve than a straight line, but because the shape of the curve defines the type of good. maybe your economics education was just… bad?

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Economics is just fascist sociology.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    maybe pay attention to more than chicago

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