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54 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 21 Sep \ parent \ on: Voters Love the Policies That Economists Love to Hate econ

They're clever enough to concoct fancy rationale's for policies that are obviously cynical to everyone else.

So true. And oftentimes, the more fanciful you get the more academic success you get since only “novel” results are publishable. I could bitch about our profession all day lol

37 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Sep

I could bitch about our profession all day lol

Me too, and yet I still think it's one of the better academic disciplines.

53 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 21 Sep

Agreed. Still the most honest and rigorous among the social sciences. Not sure how it compares to history though

34 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 21 Sep

History departments are terrible and one sided

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Sep

I think their issue is not operating out of a theoretical framework. They think that let's them be objective, but it actually leads to defaulting to whatever the prevailing propaganda version of events was.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Sep

I don't have a great feel for that, personally. However, I've certainly heard historians like Tom Woods and Thaddeus Russel bemoan the plight of their profession.