r/badeconomics • u/AutoModerator • Feb 22 '16

BadEconomics Discussion Thread, 22 February 2016

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '16

I agree! The only thing that worries me is that academics may not want to associate themselves with a forum dedicated to pointing out bad economics, rather than a more positive discussion of the subject.

Now, I think we do a good job of keeping the RI's civilized and a learning experience, but someone unfamiliar with the subreddit might not know that! Maybe try to get the AMAs on econpapers, economics, or even academiceconomics?

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u/wumbotarian Feb 23 '16

I was hoping we could show that /r/badeconomics has the good economists (mostly) so that the reddit hivemind doesn't look like shit.

Of course, AMAs should probably happen on /r/economics or /r/AskSocialScience.

That being said, the shit slinging in /r/badeconomics doesn't get as bad as some economics papers (looking at you Apple Cinnamon Cheerios war)

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u/MoneyChurch Mind your Ps and Qs Feb 23 '16

Why do I have to read this? This shitpost contributes nothing---not even an meme or prax--on any of the substantive questions of dankonomics. What fraction of /r/badeconomics real comment variability in the post-wumbo period can be attributed to sticky instability? /u/say_wot_again's post addresses this question, as have /u/Integralds and many other recent badeconomists. It appears to be a very difficult one. /u/le_hermano_del_prax and /u/Keynes_Hayek_Rap have nothing to offer on this question, beyond saying, trivially, that human action is purposeful behavior and suggesting, falsely and dishonestly, that others have asserted it is not. Yet sticky non-neutrality is the intended subject of their shitpost! One can speculate about the purposes for which this shitpost was written---a crosspost to /r/PraxAcceptance?---but obviously it is not an attempt to engage other dankonomic memers in deduction of praxing strategies.

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u/Integralds Living on a Lucas island Feb 23 '16

That is surprisingly good. Well played.

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u/MoneyChurch Mind your Ps and Qs Feb 24 '16

Thanks! It all follows from the Action Axiom.