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by tempaccount9473 4803 days ago
> I strongly believe that errors are a much more pervasive problem in science and related fields than malice is.

The problem is that economics is not a field related to science. The vast majority of public policy economics starts with a conclusion, and then creates facts to support that conclusion. This is not science, it is religion.

(insert disclamier about this being an overgeneralization)