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the economic illiteracy of the people in power wheres the mars signup sheet

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Dec 13, 2021

Let’s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. bostonglobe.com/2021/12/13/bus

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I'm not a huge Warren fan but she was a professor of commercial law, whether you agree with her or not, what are the odds that you have more info about economics than she does?

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Economics isn't a hard science by any means, so it's not like professors can't be wrong (looking at you Chicago school) but what economic principles are you aware of that you think she hasn't heard about? Because if it's econ 101 stuff, I'm pretty sure she's run into it before.

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@Gerald_Todd

Dec 14, 2021

Again, not a big fan (though I doubt it's for the same reason you don't like her). Still dumb to call someone illiterate in a subject where they have the credentials to be called an expert.

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this is one of the things i changed my mind about recently - that experts are *way* less trustworthy than I used to think they were. I have very little respect for credentials by default now.

5:13 AM · Dec 14, 2021

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As I said, people with credentials can certainly be wrong (Listen Liberal is a great book on the subject, I'd recommend it) but it doesn't work in reverse. Just because people with credentials can be wrong doesn't mean laypeople can walk around like experts.

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Seems more likely she’s being obtuse on purpose than that she’s simply unaware of basic economics