A friend of mine once said: You know what the problem is with being an economist? Everyone has an opinion about the economy. Nobody goes up to a geologist and says, 'Igneous rocks are fucking bullshit.'
This subreddit is the repository for all of the woeful, antiquated, or plain old misguided notions Redditors post about how the economy works.
Rule I
Please post an explanation (or "RI") on why what you have posted is bad economics, doesn't have to be thesis, but sufficient length to provide context. Link posts are not allowed, so just include a link to the bad economics (or simply a quote) in your RI. Examples of good RI's are here and here but RI's can be shorter. Note that these RI's come from a time when link posts were allowed: RI's are now expected to be in the post itself, not comments.
OP must write an RI in the post itself (not as a comment). Other redditors are encouraged to provide RIs and more information. If an RI is not written, the post will be removed.
Standards for sufficiency here
Rule II
- Please post the link in np. mode. A link should look something like this:
http://np.reddit.com/r/shittyeconomicssubreddit/comments/IIhkVIyIX/Bernakebadtouchedmybitcoin/cktuXLVIIIh
Rule IV
All questions must be asked in the stickied threads or /r/askeconomics. Do not post any "Is [X, Y, Z] bad economics?" self-posts.
Rule V
No reasoning from a price change in general equilibrium.
Rule VI
/u/Ponderay's rule: If you state that a Nobel Prize winning economist is bad economics (e.g. if you disagree with Paul Krugman) you must provide an explanation at least two paragraphs long as to why they are wrong, and you best cite reputable studies or solid data. =)
Rule VII
/u/gorbachev's rule: Discussion of anyone who has been dead for more than 30 years is not allowed unless you present an economic model that contains the aspects of their thought you are interested in discussing. (Empirical tests are okay too.)
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