Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. They’re Back

Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by jevgeni on Thursday August 08, 2019 @07:33AM (#20643517)

I understand what you are saying, but on the other hand we don't call calculus "physics" just because it was introduced by Newton (and Leibniz, yeah yeah).

Also, modern economics use some heavy mathematical tools, yet nobody says its a branch of mathematics.

And lastly, psychology is in my opinion one of the most important branches of science right now.

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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:26AM (#20644295)

I think that behavioural economics is it's own thing now, but it is heavily inspired by psychology (and, in it's turn, has helped to inspire psychology).

I agree with you on psychology's importance, but that's probably because I am a psychologist :)

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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by nradov on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:47PM (#20649160)

Why is psychology important right now? What have psychologists done for me lately?

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