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tsotha on Nov 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Capitalist’s Dilemma, Whoever Wins the Election

The problem is you can only see it in the rear-view mirror. Get back to me in a decade.

mbetter on Nov 4, 2012 [–]

Ah, non-falsifiable assertions, the best friend of economist and preacher alike.

tsotha on Nov 4, 2012 | [–]

The entire field of economics is built on non-falsifiable assertions. Without them economists would be working the fry vat.

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