Economics as a field just seems so big. And so opaque. I can kinda tell who the people and what the trends and schisms are in other fields but with econ...I should probably learn more about it. It doesn't led itself well to osmosis.
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Haha, will do! :D was looking for this kinda executive summary :P
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Basic micro is great, macro is untrustworthy, advanced micro is fun but not high marginal value (read this after basic micro) Game theory is a ton of fun but mostly useless Learning econometrics is mostly good as a defense against believing econometrics but theres an easier way
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keeping up with the field is both easy and hard. the easy part is keeping up with the theory, which doesn't change quickly. the hard part is keeping up with the schisms over who thinks whose papers/methods are good/bad.
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e.g. easy: what's the general theory underpinning new institutional economics? hard: explain the key aspects of the open fields dispute between McCloskey and Fenoaltea and why it matters
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