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Environment & Energy

kristopher

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6. When are you going to understand that "economics" isn't vile either?

Reply to cprise (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 10:18 PM

Mar 2014

Economics is nothing more or less than a toolkit for exploring the way people make decisions.

Are you really that freaked out by an organized process to study decision making just because some people abuse it? If so, you must have a fucking heart attack when someone mentions physics or chemistry.

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Guardian: Global riot epidemic due to demise of cheap fossil fuels [View all] GliderGuider Mar 2014 OP

Gosh.... I didn't see this in any US media.....nt Bigmack Mar 2014 #1

This looks like a not-very-good exercise in reductionist thinking kristopher Mar 2014 #2

Your bosses at RMI should start thinking about instability cprise Mar 2014 #3

My "bosses at RMI"? kristopher Mar 2014 #4

I didn't say they were 'vile' cprise Mar 2014 #5

When are you going to understand that "economics" isn't vile either? kristopher Mar 2014 #6