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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by pjc50 on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:25AM (#13005164)
Which side of economics, the "freshwater" or "saltwater" side? There isn't the kind of consensus in economics that there is in, say, climate change. And economics is much more susceptible to funding-based distortion.
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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by farright on Monday November 21, 2016 @03:16PM (#13008757)
Both freshwater and saltwater would agree with the comment I replied to. freshwater and saltwater econ differ in their approach to macro models. Both sides broadly agree on general equilibrium theory as kind of first order approximation, and the post was a summary of general equilibrium theory.

Which side do you think would disagree or are you just trying to bluff me out with technical terms you don't fully understand?

As to funding, can you point to major sources of funding for academic econ research that would introduce bias?

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