[imtringued]

As far I know economists are neither historians nor do they perform any management or business function.

Considering how necessary economies are and how economists claim economists are unnecessary to run an economy, I wonder why economists even exist.

The first thing a rational economist would do is tell the government to fire all economists and stop accrediting economics degrees.

[squidbeak]

> Considering how necessary economies are and how economists claim economists are unnecessary to run an economy, I wonder why economists even exist.

Biological processes are also 'necessary', and work just as well without biologists. Do you also wonder why Biologists exist?

Or more broadly, should we give up trying to understand processes and systems if they run without intervention?

[arter45]

Economists can be useful as observers, much like the Universe doesn't need astronomers or the weather doesn't need meteorologists.

>The first thing a rational economist would do is tell the government to fire all economists and stop accrediting economics degrees

Please elaborate.