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codeulike on April 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin makes journalists say stupid things

What's the track record of economists vs. computer scientists over the past ten years?

Compare y2k to 2008 banking crisis?

waterlesscloud on April 5, 2013 | [–]

Compare the damage done by each? Computer scientists come out waaaaaaaaaay ahead on that one.

temphn on April 5, 2013 | [–]

Y2K: nothing bad happened after the intervention of computer scientists.

2008 banking crisis: terrible things happened even with (or because of) the intervention of economists.

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