• Billiam@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I personally think the biggest flaw of economics is how it takes “people are rational actors” as an axiom.

    The fact that so many people can be convinced to vote against their economic best interests by supporting the GOP shows how fallacious that axiom is.

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      2 days ago

      Literally in page one of econ textbooks they will say “a common exception to the rational actor theory is like when people need emergency medical services.” AND THEN they just ignore that GLARING caveat for the rest lf the book. Snake oil.

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      2 days ago

      Yeah, but if you start getting into the irrationality of actors, you are all the sudden studying group psychology or sociology rather than economics.

      Although I have always wanted to combine network theory with economics/finance understanding…

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      Doesn’t it also assume consumers have perfect information to make their choices in a market?

      How informative is the advertising industry?