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there is criticism of the post on the basis that is not substantiated by research but if we step back a bit this seems like another example of a new social scie
by streamofdigits 5y ago
there is criticism of the post on the basis that is not substantiated by research but if we step back a bit this seems like another example of a new social science trying to burst into a scene (that has been heretofore thoroughly dominated by mainstream economics). we might call it "the economic organization of real people", behavioral economics++ or maybe economic anthropology[0]
to be sure its not likely to have an easier time proving things compared to any other social science but going back to the raw material and piecing together more informed hypotheses, hopefully less ideologically biased, should be a good thing
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_anthropology