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So... this post introduces a new "fact" then debunks its own headline, using a phenomenon already well known to economists: the wealth effect[1]. This feels les
by jldugger 3y ago
So... this post introduces a new "fact" then debunks its own headline, using a phenomenon already well known to economists: the wealth effect[1]. This feels less like an economics blog and more like a social media Rorschach test -- do you read the article, and its footnotes, or just respond to headlines?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_effect
- embersbreaking 3y agoThe wealth affect literature is skimpy and not very good, and heck, the Keynesian consumption function that pretty much every model uses doesn’t even have a wealth term.