Re:How Fake Money Saved Brazil (2010)
by chongli on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:30AM
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Eh, I wouldn't put economists in the same category as generals or engineers. They are more like clergy or court astrologers. Their job is to make the numbers work for the politicians, who in turn work for the bankers.
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Re:How Fake Money Saved Brazil (2010)
by crdoconnor on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:36AM
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Yes, the clergy/court astrologer comparison is very apt.
A few are more like engineers (e.g. see Steve Keen's work) but they're not the ones who get the plum jobs in government, powerful NGOs or banks - they tend to be professors in backwater universities.