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bonoboTPtoday at 10:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Is "economics" some god of the pantheon or how can he force things?

No, in reality, people do not want to pay for what he wants to sell. It's concrete people. Not something disembodied.


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ben_wtoday at 11:35 AM

Seems to me like you're being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

  Economics (/ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks, ˌiːkə-/)[1][2] is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.[3][4]

  Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyses what is viewed as the basic elements of economies, including individual agents and markets, their interactions, and the outcomes of those interactions. Individual agents may include households, firms, buyers, and sellers.
- literally the opening of the Wikipedia page
randallsquaredtoday at 10:38 AM

"Economics" is like gravity: it doesn't dictate your goals, but you can't ignore it, and trying to pretend it doesn't exist means your aircraft will not work.