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> The other irony is that likely she does it for exactly the same reasons as why science media is often bad: economics. Can we all stop blaming 'economics'. Ec

> The other irony is that likely she does it for exactly the same reasons as why science media is often bad: economics. Can we all stop blaming 'economics'. Economics says people are largely self-interested, selfish and maximize their own utility (happiness-whatever). It's not 'economics', it's people. Labor unions are also maximizing their revenue.

tomrod 4y ago
Yes, the processes of incentives driving outcomes is economics.
feet 4y ago
You're assuming that the entire field of economics isn't bullshit
einpoklum 4y ago
> Economics says You mean, "many Economists with a simplistic, reductionist view of human societies' behavior say".