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It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
by ajb 6y ago
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
- renewiltord 6y agoIt is also difficult to get a man to understand something when you are not familiar enough with the subject. I suspect that is the more common failure mode.
- SantalBlush 6y agoThis HN cliché notwithstanding, economists actually do understand a lot more about the study of economics.
- imtringued 6y agoIt's just the general strawman. People only see economists when they fail so they think all economists fail even though it is only a subset.