Beautiful eh!! Where's the standalone post for this!

A body of knowledge isn't measured by whether it can help Wall Street, but rather by how it contributes to the human understanding of how the world works.  I think econ, for all its flaws, is still the single best subject for grounding yourself in the real world and understanding why things are happening.

At a personal level, I didn't start building solid economic intuition until after PhD, when I was forced to teach introductory level economics.

I've heard that a lot... Never quite understand economics until you're forced to teach it

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Rise and Decline of the Marginal Revolution, By Tyler Cowen — Chapter 4

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Beautiful eh!! Where's the standalone post for this!

>  A body of knowledge isn't measured by whether it can help Wall Street, but rather by how it contributes to the human understanding of how the world works.  I think econ, for all its flaws, is still the single best subject for grounding yourself in the real world and understanding why things are happening. 

Hear. Hear! 

> At a personal level, I didn't start building solid economic intuition until after PhD, when I was forced to teach introductory level economics.

I've heard that a lot... Never quite understand economics until you're forced to teach it