Every time an economist shows up on television news, there should be a poet that gets equal time.

Feb 1, 2021 · 7:38 PM UTC

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This is poetry in economic prose: amazon.com/Deficit-Myth-Mone…
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That's not fair. They'd both know roughly the same amount about the economy, but the poet would have the upper hand in common sense and in eloquence.
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How about a leftist getting equal time? There’re mostly right wingers on TV.
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Every time an epidemiologist shows up on television news, there should be an indigenous musician that gets equal time. Every time a politician shows up on television news, there should be a rabbi that gets equal time. Every time an elections analyst shows up on television news,
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I think you are trying to describe behavioral economics. It seems a bit disingenuous to think all economics is just numbers. I recommend you follow @besttrousers
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God, Marianne, I wish you had survived that cynical rigged primary.
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"i don't understand economics?" marianne said to i - ee conomist
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Why not just give equal time to a poor or working class person?
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No, someone of equal intellectual stature with economists: the guy in Police Academy who made mouth noises
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Just book @TheStalwart and you get both
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