Unsolved problems in economics

Re:Unsolved problems in economics by jtolmar on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:24PM (#31415865)

I think if you divided economists up into two groups, with A including all the economists with popular media platforms or who work in government policy, and with B including the rest, those stuck in academia writing papers that only other economists ever read, then you would find that group A fits your quip very nicely, and group B does not.

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Re:Unsolved problems in economics by engineeringwoke on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:43PM (#31416071)

Is it somehow righteous for academics to study self-referential things that their offspring then go to study in perpetuity? For example, money holes like string theory haven't produced any major breakthroughs, and in fact, that is by design. Chipping away at the near infinite scope of the infinite problem is good for writing papers to get PhDs. It is not good for science, or human progress.

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Re:Unsolved problems in economics by littlestymaar on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:30PM (#31415906)

Group B would probably be split in one bigger group that fits and another smaller one that doesn't.

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