• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    yeah, i like to shit on macroeconomists because their best model (that is quantifiable) is only like 60% accurate. there’s not a lot of predictive power in it, but the various models they use are accurate enough to illustrate general ideas.

    i also like to shit on microeconomists because they study auctions and that’s about it. also there was that month we all (like, every economist) studied bananas. i swear the entire damn field has ADHD.

    then there’s the austrian school, who are afraid of maths.

    i guess my point is that the field of economics is wide enough to fit at least three asses