OH: "You know what we call a sociologist who actually understands politics and power? We call 'em economist."
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Replying to @Plinz
“Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”
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Replying to @The_Smoking_GNU
The context of the discussion was that the influence of economists on public policy was not so much due to the accuracy of what they say but due to their actual insights about what to say (i.e. their understanding of social power dynamics).
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Replying to @Plinz
But if their actual insights are not accurate, what good are they? It's nice to have a fancy model, but it should allow somewhat accurate predictions. :)
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Economists seem to be quite accurate at predicting what they should say when. Never attribute to stupidity or malice what can be perfectly explained by understanding one's true incentives.
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