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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:02PM (#20641479)
You know economics isn't just macroeconomics, right? "It assumes people are rational" is like saying physics isn't a science because "it assumes cows are spherical."
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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by pessimizer on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:47AM (#20644496)
Only if physics entirely consisted of the study of cows, as economics consists entirely of the study of people.
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