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It's great there isn't a "consensus" between economists, otherwise if that consensus was wrong we would never be able to leave it, like what happens in other sc

by fiatjaf 10y ago

It's great there isn't a "consensus" between economists, otherwise if that consensus was wrong we would never be able to leave it, like what happens in other sciences.

mikeash 10y ago
Yes, it really would be terrible if economics ended up like physics or chemistry, where consensus results in vast numbers of useful and correct predictions.
moxious 10y ago
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." - George S. Patton