Re:We found only one-third of published psychology research ...
by chongli on Friday November 06, 2015 @10:33AM
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Economists are the modern equivalent to the oracles at Delphi. They speak in gibberish and the priesthood (politicians) make the interpretations which coincidentally happen to favour themselves and their friends.
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Re:We found only one-third of published psychology research ...
by sopooneo on Friday November 06, 2015 @08:02PM
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I feel there's truth to that, but most at the edges. At core there is stuff economists tend to very widely agree on. There was a Planet Money episode outlining some pretty drastic policy changes that a panel of economists across the political spectrum all stood behind. Here's a write up: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-p...