Economists don’t understand much about the macroeconomy

Re:Economists don’t understand much about the macroeconomy by jsperson on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:22AM (#21015881)

You should check out the book Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Rosling, a now deceased Swedish doctor, makes the case that the world has improved immensely over the past two centuries. He backs it up with copious statistics from the UN and other international NPOs. Rosling also gave one of the best TED talks ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

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Re:Economists don’t understand much about the macroeconomy by ptah on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:25AM (#21017071)

globalization only started in the 80's

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Re:Economists don’t understand much about the macroeconomy by jsperson on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:31PM (#21020948)

Check out the book... included in the coverage of the past 200 years is coverage of the last 40.

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