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[–] Aceticon -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doctors of Mathematics know enough about modelling and the Garbage-in-Garbage-Out effect that they would quit the discipline of Economics within a few days of entering it.

In the areas were Economics deals with things with high Political Relevance you need the a salesman mindset - vague and self-decieving - which is almost the diametrical opposite of how Matematicians think.

[–] SCB 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao what? Economists are dorks man, not salespeople. Do you actually know any economists or is this just an "I'm mad because economists don't push communism" kind of thing

[–] Aceticon -1 points 1 year ago

I worked a decade in Investment Banking.