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Respectfully, I don't agree with your opinion on the economics profession. Perhaps having generationally fresh eyes (I come from a humble background), rather th
by tomrod 5y ago
Respectfully, I don't agree with your opinion on the economics profession. Perhaps having generationally fresh eyes (I come from a humble background), rather than it being ever present in my formative years generates the difference in perspective.
In my view, the economics academic profession is no more or less corrupt than other academics, and I can't hazard to judge the industry side beyond my own experience.
- giraffe_lady 5y agoI think they mean corrupt as in necessarily compromised by knowingly adding so much misery to the world. Not the other more common sense of like, participating in graft, bribes etc. I don't think there's any reason to think economists do more of that than the average.
- tomrod 5y agoThat's not a common usage of "corrupt", I think?
- imtringued 5y agoYou're right. Nutritional science of the 70s is so corrupt it is almost funny if it hadn't doomed millions into obesity.
- Gibbon1 5y agoI read a paper that investigated the attempts by the fossil fuel companies to head off efforts to stop global warming. By corrupting not just climate scientist profession but also economists. The former was almost impossible. Economists however took the bribes.