• cyd@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I mean, it’s a fair question for a political leader to ask his economic advisors, no? Pretty sure Obama would have asked his advisors the same question back in 2009.

    The issue, by the way, is a lot less settled than a lot of people think. Macroeconomics still seems to do a surprisingly bad job at understanding the links between inflation, interest rates, and economic activity, beyond giving some rough guidelines.

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      8 days ago

      Macroeconomics still seems to do a surprisingly bad job at understanding the links between

      This is because Macroeconomics isn’t a science. Its gamblers attempting to create rules on “how to win at gambling” when everyone knows the only winner in gambling is the house.