fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoIt's barely a science.mander.xyzimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down113
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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82arrow-down2·3 months agoEconomics is basically social psychology with some numbers sprinkled in.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down1·3 months agoDon’t forget gambling.
minus-squaresmeg@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·3 months agoI struggle to consider it scientific because it bakes in so many fundamental assumptions without questioning them. At least mainstream economics.
minus-squareSaint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAs someone that tries to be a bit of a generalist. Neoclassical economics is the one field of study where I have less respect for the field the more I learn about it and the problems that it tries to tackle.
minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agotrue! maybe with some biology, anthropology, network effects, game theory churned in
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoFake numbers with fake relationships between them.
Economics is basically social psychology with some numbers sprinkled in.
Don’t forget gambling.
I struggle to consider it scientific because it bakes in so many fundamental assumptions without questioning them. At least mainstream economics.
As someone that tries to be a bit of a generalist. Neoclassical economics is the one field of study where I have less respect for the field the more I learn about it and the problems that it tries to tackle.
true! maybe with some biology, anthropology, network effects, game theory churned in
Fake numbers with fake relationships between them.