Economists Credibility Debate

The cluster centers on arguments dismissing or questioning economists' opinions and expertise, often in response to claims that economists disagree with a particular economic view or model.

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inthesetimes.com HN BTW overcomingbias.com igmchicago.org FYI zenmoments.org NPR CCP economists economist economics divisive lmao tanks dangerous western economy economic

Sample Comments

cycrutchfield Jun 2, 2023 View on HN

Economists seem to disagree with you

dragonwriter Feb 16, 2017 View on HN

Only if the economist was no good at economics.

rayiner Dec 15, 2025 View on HN

Argue with the economists not with me.

MiroF Sep 19, 2020 View on HN

Those aren't economists lmao

it_citizen Apr 29, 2025 View on HN

No opinion on the topic but "say economists" doesn't inspire trust

enriquec Mar 31, 2021 View on HN

not a single economist worth his salt would say this

immigrantheart Jun 22, 2022 View on HN

There are economists with deep understanding of finance and economy that disagree with you.

minikites Jun 5, 2020 View on HN

Someone should tell the economists.

hammock Sep 14, 2023 View on HN

Except self described economists of course

Apocryphon Sep 8, 2022 View on HN

An article about economists in The Economist, how about that.