this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Economists may not be like that, but politicians are, and they're the ones that run the economy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but that's not what the post is about.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seem to me like the intention was to say the economics practiced by liberals, not the beliefs of liberal economists. It's phrased ambiguously, but I prefer to interpret things generously.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

you are correct and that is what all those economic theories boil down to tbh