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I really don’t like when economists start to work on a different field and turn into arrogant pricks when they’re instead rediscovering the wheel But I also really don’t like when non-economists pretend to criticize econ but actually show how little they understand it
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The two instances feature the same issue: not having done a deep enough documentation/literature review work If you pretend to discover strong results in a field outside of yours, you better be super solid on your knowledge of this field