• @SCB
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    12 years ago

    You literally need a doctor’s in mathematics to be an actual economist.

    • @Aceticon
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      -12 years ago

      Doctors of Mathematics know enough about modelling and the Garbage-in-Garbage-Out effect that they would quit the discipline of Economics within a few days of entering it.

      In the areas were Economics deals with things with high Political Relevance you need the a salesman mindset - vague and self-decieving - which is almost the diametrical opposite of how Matematicians think.

      • @SCB
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        12 years ago

        Lmao what? Economists are dorks man, not salespeople. Do you actually know any economists or is this just an “I’m mad because economists don’t push communism” kind of thing

        • @Aceticon
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          -12 years ago

          I worked a decade in Investment Banking.