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It is hard to characterize as diverse a field as economics. However, there are some influential sectors of the field of economics that 1) avoids rigorous empiri
by SubiculumCode 10y ago
It is hard to characterize as diverse a field as economics. However, there are some influential sectors of the field of economics that 1) avoids rigorous empirical research, and/or 2) identifies economic policies that benefit their benefactors, and then produce economic theory that support those policies. Which is backwards, or at least distorted.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoThere is also a troubling cult of personality that plagues the field, where Nobel Prize winners and other luminaries' research is accepted as truth without peer review. Example: Greenspan