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2023057 No.2023057 [Reply] [Original]

Economics is a science.

Discuss.

>> No.2023065
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2023065

Why yes, it is. Will that be all today, Master Bruce?

>> No.2023069

And not a single fuck was given that day.

>> No.2023070
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2023070

Is it: 'the study of probability concerning human mentality towards currency & the relative enviromental factors'?

>iamprettychuffedwiththat.vlc

>> No.2023073

>>2023057
How does it employ the scientific method?

>> No.2023084

Psychology is a science, too, then.
You better have a math degree for all those graphs.

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>>2023073

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12632

sorry, econ is too busy solving real problems better than "science" can, it doesnt have time to argue semantics

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>>2023084
>psychology
>requires math degree understanding for interpretation of simple graphs and stats.
>mfw

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>>2023084

>mfw he thinks an economics degree isnt an applied math degree and graphs arent just for the layman to understand conclusions

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2023102

Yes, it is. You expect me to pretend social sciences aren't sciences? Fuck reductionism.

>> No.2023136

ITT: snake oil salesmen that use math to gamble with other people's money.

>> No.2023141

In ecomomics, you do something and get a certain fixed reaction. That is science.

>> No.2023144

Go read chicken entrails douchebags, you'll be equally effective

>> No.2023203

Bump.