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by Tyrek 2878 days ago
This needs to be emphasized more - Economics is given a bad rep for creating inequalities, but the field is playing with half the handbook - domestic policy in the form of fiscal policy (i.e. decision on how much and where to spend $), as well as distribution policy (i.e. how much redistribution to engineer via taxation/subsidies, etc.) has never been in the hands of any real economists - domestic politics has always taken the forefront in these decisions, and rightfully should take the blame for the results.