[ajscherer]

I prefer we not go back to any oversimplistic analogies. That's part of what makes these debates so insufferable. A nation's economy isn't a household budget. A company isn't a person. A nation isn't a person.

I don't really see much value in someone's axiomatic understanding of all of economics premised on the belief that they are smarter than people who study economics (even if they are; probably they are!). I'd much prefer to hear from someone who is less smart, but who admits the subject is too complex for them to fully understand and who can be bothered to go out and actually attempt to measure something (rather than telling me what it must be).

I guess I'm saying I think I can learn more from an honest person than a smart one. Now I'm questioning why I am wasting my time reading hacker news again.

[mturmon]

You don't read HN for nuanced and broadly-informed economics perspectives.

[tomrod]

Indeed. I often find myself wishing there were an "Economist Hacker News" of sorts.

EJMR is the closest thing to HN for economists, and it's trash.