rbreich ,
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Debunking Myth #1: “Economics is an objective science that has nothing to do with politics or morality. Or power.” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/debunking-myth-1-economics-is-an?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

SteveBuell ,
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@rbreich "An economist will tell you tomorrow why what they predicted yesterday didn't happen today."

dan131riley ,
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@rbreich I think the one that bugs me the most is the myth of the free market, as if there were some Platonic ideal of a market divorced from social values. Markets are constructs that grew out of social patterns of exchange, every market embodies some set of values.

I learned this partially from studying economic anthropology, but also from your books.

pa27 ,

@rbreich Economics isn't even a Science. It's closer to astrology.

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