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> And goals. Especially goals. One of the more memorable ah-ha moments or me in college was embarrassingly simple: my IPE professor leaned against the desk whi
by yamtaddle 4y ago
> And goals. Especially goals.
One of the more memorable ah-ha moments or me in college was embarrassingly simple: my IPE professor leaned against the desk while the class was discussing something, and quietly asked, "why have an economy?"
- SkyMarshal 4y agoHow can you not have an economy in a society of more than one person? Or perhaps in a society that has exceeded Dunbar’s number.
- yamtaddle 4y agoEconomy != market, or trade, and implies some deliberate ordering, regulation, and (probably) nurturing.
- gofreddygo 4y ago"Economy" being a made up term , makes no sense in that question. "why have economics" makes a better question. it being a made up field, with terrible history of accuracy, poor reasoning, virtually no way to replicate and test theories, interests only those that participate (willingly, out of curiosity or due to poor career choices) in that field of pseudo-science. Why have it at all tho? Politics.
- yamtaddle 4y agoAll terms are made up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy http://www.websters1913.com/words/Economy http://www.websters1913.com/words/Economy (chiefly sense 2 on that second one) The question makes sense using either of those sources for one's understanding of the term.
- throwaway14356 4y agometeorologists did eventually find a place at the end of the news.