>What can economists learn from linguists? That's a question best left for a linguist to answer, not an economist. The Internet is full of amusing correlations

>What can economists learn from linguists? That's a question best left for a linguist to answer, not an economist. The Internet is full of amusing correlations between language and behavior, and most of them are bullshit. Here's an analysis of Chen's argument by an actual linguist: http://sinoglot.com/blog/2013/04/futurity-in-chinese-and-english-and-its-supposed-economic-consequences/ http://sinoglot.com/blog/2013/04/futurity-in-chinese-and-eng...