Toni Aittoniemi on Nostr: The core of the problem, in my opinion, is economists wanting to promote a picture of ...

The core of the problem, in my opinion, is economists wanting to promote a picture of themselves doing an exact mathematical science, while actually engaged in a humanist domain of the behavioral sciences.

In a nutshell, it’s about identity. It’s about people wanting to BE somebody, rather than wanting to DO something.

On the other end of politics, it’s the same: Power demanding it’s justifications the aura of preciness & unquestionability.