An economist today is a specialist who predicts what's going to happen tomorrow. Tomorrow, they will explain why it didn't happen.
An economist is someone who thinks "rationality" means something like "maximizing lifetime earnings".
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*shoving babies into a large blender* The market dictates this! I’m just being a rational actor!
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I hate most of these words you just said
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this is such a cold take. Development economists are doing exactly what you blame Elon for not doing - getting involved in public policy and improving people's lives. Just say you don't like capitalists and go
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Was he asking about economists or people in general?
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Webadas esos tios
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