economics
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 30, 2017 by Rory Sutherland · across every show →
Everything said about economics, oldest first
May 30, 2017 bearish
Sutherland: Economics is creatively limiting by reducing motivation to bribes and fines
“The problem of economics isn't only that it's wrong, it's that it's incredibly creatively limiting, because it tends to posit a very one-dimensional view of human motivation, and therefore, if you wish to change human behavior, the only two ways you can do it …”
Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: Social sciences are harder than physics because subjects react to measurement
“The laws governing inanimate bodies are just a lot simpler and more easily quantified than the laws governing populations or individual people. So, the task of the social sciences is extremely hard. They get to feed back on the system that's measuring them. It…”