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by coldtea 2783 days ago
>There is an overwhelming consensus among people who study the subject that protectionism has a negative effect on economic growth and economic welfare

Yes, establishment economists all agree on establishment practices are good and want more of them. News at 11.

It's not like economics is a science the way physics or chemistry are.
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antidesitter 2783 days ago
> Yes, establishment [insert field here]s all agree on establishment practices are good and want more of them. News at 11.

Can you address what I said with something more substantive? Also, what counts as "establishment"?

> It's not like economics is a science the way physics or chemistry are.

Of course it's not. Yet this is an issue where you get as close to certainty as you can in any social science.

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zeroname 2783 days ago
> Yes, establishment economists all agree on establishment practices are good and want more of them. News at 11.

It's not the "establishment", economists from all sides disagree over almost everything except for this.

That's how you know there's something to it.

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coldtea 2782 days ago
Touting the "free market" is the basis of their being employed. Of course they agree in this, they just disagree on how they go about it.
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antidesitter 2782 days ago
> Touting the "free market" is the basis of their being employed.

How so?

> Of course they agree in this

Agree on what?

It sounds like you're grasping at straws here.

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