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Everything filed under economists economists Everything filed under dementia dementia Everything filed under fiscal policy fiscal policy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The economics profession is extremely hierarchical and deferent to authority The economics profession is extremelyhierarchical and deferent to authority Last stated 2 days ago 28 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The future job of the economist will be less about producing analysis and more about curating it. — tap to centre the map on it The future job of the economist willbe less about producing analysis andmore about curating it. Last stated 3 days ago 27 Oct 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among the leading candidates for greatest economist of all time, Adam Smith was analytically the weakest, save perhaps Malthus. — tap to centre the map on it Among the leading candidates forgreatest economist of all time, AdamSmith was analytically the weakest,save perhaps Malthus. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inability to see the viewpoints of people unlike oneself is a genuine weakness in a social scientist, not merely a separate moral failing. — tap to centre the map on it An inability to see the viewpointsof people unlike oneself is agenuine weakness in a socialscientist, not merely a separatemoral failing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aspiring economists should take as many math and statistics courses as they can stomach — tap to centre the map on it Aspiring economists should take asmany math and statistics courses asthey can stomach Last stated 20 years ago 23 May 2006 GM Greg Mankiw — holds since 2006-05-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it A fiscal expansion when the economyis already at potential outputprompts monetary tightening thatdampens or eliminates its effect onoutput. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A thriving society needs both the left's redistributing of resources and the right's producing and conserving of them — tap to centre the map on it A thriving society needs both theleft's redistributing of resourcesand the right's producing andconserving of them Last stated 3 years ago 11 May 2023 RB Roy Baumeister — holds since 2023-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: About half of all dementia is preventable, and most of that preventable half is Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. — tap to centre the map on it About half of all dementia ispreventable, and most of thatpreventable half is Alzheimer'sdisease and vascular dementia. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aging has two new dangers that emerged from changes in society: outliving your money and outliving your brain — tap to centre the map on it Aging has two new dangers thatemerged from changes in society:outliving your money and outlivingyour brain Last stated 3 years ago 27 May 2023 RB Roy Baumeister — holds since 2023-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alzheimer's disease and dementia are not the same thing: a fifth to a third of people whose brains carry the pathology never became demented. — tap to centre the map on it Alzheimer's disease and dementia arenot the same thing: a fifth to athird of people whose brains carrythe pathology never became demented. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The economics profession is extremely hierarchical and deferent to authority Last stated 28 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago Holds Noah Smith Read this korrent →