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Like with some areas of medicine, many people are opinionated on economics because they're suspicious they're being exploited and questioning the system seems l
by civilized 4y ago
Like with some areas of medicine, many people are opinionated on economics because they're suspicious they're being exploited and questioning the system seems like a way to push back.
In medicine, though, I have more confidence (overall) that establishment views are scientific.
- spaetzleesser 4y agoMedicine and economics have quite a history of blatantly ignoring things that don’t fit with the accepted consensus. I still remember how meditation was viewed as nonsense. The gut flora is another issue where medicine was/is way behind the curve. Looking at statements about the housing bubble in 2008 or about inflation a few years ago I don’t trust much in the economics profession either. They seem to always be behind the curve.