Jiggle_Physics comments on All while the skeletal, crumbling, dusty bones of an econ major pulls business backwards into hell.

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, outside of some very rudimentary principals, macro-economics is basically astrology for MBA bros.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Oh, agreed. Retrospective economic research is valuable.

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