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I'm not an academic that likes to write up econometric models with 40 years of data to make myself feel smart, so I am not so ignorant to reality. It really is

• DuskStar 6y ago
  "I'm not an academic and have real world experience, therefore I'm right" I don't think it works like that.
  • engineeringwoke 6y ago
    In a time where economists have a lot of soul searching to do, the realists are a good place to start.
    • DuskStar 6y ago
      > In a time where economists have a lot of soul searching to do This might be true, but I don't know that there's been an obviously wrong set of recommendations yet during the coronavirus crisis. Do you have an example? > the realists are a good place to start This is almost certainly false - at least if you're including yourself in "realists". Personally, I'd look at the heretical economists first.