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[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 48 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Congratulations! You are now a practicing economist. This is exactly how that field works.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Economy is just applied psychology.

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 17 points 5 days ago

It really isn’t even that.

The closest historical equivalent of an economic professional is the Haruspex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex

[–] StopJoiningWars@discuss.online -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You're all thinking of business. Economics is an empiric field of study that is based on science.

Downvotes while being right, the hive mind churns I guess. Man are you people idiotic.

[–] Hagenman@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Since when is a Nobel prize winner admitting they were wrong and did not know enough any sort of "proof" that a whole discipline is not real? Get off your high horse...

I studied economics, none of it was purely psychology, and it was quite intense mathematically. It seems people conflate the discipline with business courses and assume it is just buzzwords and wishful thinking. When it is based on empirical data and experiments, just look at fields like how data science is applied or econometrics...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Don't insult me with the e-word!