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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by tootie on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:21PM (#29084346)
Krugman has stated in the past that the entire reason he became an economist is because it was the closest real world profession to being a psychohistorian.
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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by AniseAbyss on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:28PM (#29084469)
Amusing considering economists care more about their precious numbers than sociology, psychology and history.
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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by throw0101a on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:13PM (#29085197)
In the ad for his MasterClass, Paul Krugman says (~25s):

> Doing economics requires stepping back from all of the details to say "What is the essential here? What is the story?". It's about people. It's not about money. It's ends up about what people do.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEszZK54dw

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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by tootie on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:18PM (#29089961)
I think you're confusing economists with economic policy makers. Economics is a science. The study of scarcity. It's not about money.
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