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johnnyFive  ·  1699 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Labor Econ Versus the World

Others have talked about specific issues with his points, but my main issue is a broader one: he talks about this stuff like it's not itself a religion. The idea that economics as a whole is scientifically rigorous is a very shaky one to me. It's become far too wrapped up in politics, and is about justifying what we already think rather than finding anything new.

I don't have a problem making moral arguments about how things should go. I have a problem with people pretending that isn't what they're doing, and instead trying to hide those moral arguments behind a mask of objectivity.