my memories of /r/economics is shaky, but I was active back then.

I'm pretty sure the "great mod purging" happened around this time...maybe 2010 even. Regardless I unsubscribed from /r/economics once the commies had completed the coup.

The reddit of 2009 vs 2012 were entirely different things. It went from a 80% libertarian / ron paul / austrian economics place to a 95% MSM / commie / keynesian fest