Use the following words in conversation to signal that you're an economist: Signalling Unobservables On the margin Utility Counterfactual
@klejnot these have changed, I bet it used to be ceterus paribus or go home. Unobservables + counterfactual reflect new emprical bent, yeah?
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@aspasia_project i think so. Though to be fair i just made that up, didn't survey 100 economists or anything :)
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@klejnot evidence in favor of my claim, 20 years ago would you have needed to bother defending your lack of data? :D - Show replies
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