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I've seen some reasonable responses over here. Also lots of uninformed or misinformed stuff, sure, but I'd rather not limit discussion of economics, law, etc..
by GFischer 15y ago
I've seen some reasonable responses over here. Also lots of uninformed or misinformed stuff, sure, but I'd rather not limit discussion of economics, law, etc.. just to the professionals.
Also, the more I learn about economics (I'm halfway through an MBA program), the less I believe economics should be left to the economists - I do understand that I have only a patina of knowledge, and that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing :).
- peteretep 15y agoI think the key issue is that there's something about computer programmers that makes them think they already understand economics. I'm not sure what. Maybe that it seems like it should be self evident because "it's just numbers" or something. And yet, some of the facile comments you read and hear and I will cut the fingers off the next person who tells me we should go back to the gold standard, because at least gold has a value...