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Your comment is funny because it’s completely opposite - economics has generally great track record and fraudulent results typically do not survive for long. Ci
by azan_ 6mo ago
Your comment is funny because it’s completely opposite - economics has generally great track record and fraudulent results typically do not survive for long. Citation cartels and paper mills exist in all disciplines.
- cess11 6mo agoDoes it, really? There haven't been any problematic issues since economists and their lore became a dominant influence over politics that could be attributed to this influence?
- Pay08 6mo ago[flagged]
- greenchair 6mo agothe economists have a terrible record which is why public opinion of them is low. I'd guess equal weight to meterologists forecasting.
- LeifCarrotson 6mo agoDo meteorologists have a terrible record? I've literally got the NWS hourly forecast and radar open in the next tab over to watch when and where the rain will be clear as I plan my route home...
- drdeca 6mo agoMeteorologist are fairly accurate. People have a bias to remember more the times they were wrong.
- protocolture 6mo agoReally? I see the whole "Yes the entire body of work, across multiple schools of economic thought, and every examination of the history demonstrates rent controls dont work. But we think this time, perhaps they will work" to "Once again rent controls have failed" pipeline has been pretty firmly established.
- lazyasciiart 6mo agoBehavioral economics is challenging this - see the fake data published in a 2012 Ariely paper and identified in 2021.
- dkga 6mo agoNot "behavioural economics", but rather a very small number of rotten apples.