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Most cringeworthy moment in a lecture for you? Mine was

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inquisitiveteenager posted on Wed, Jun 17 2009 6:08 AM

 

listening to a lecturer speaking for 20 minutes about how psychology causes recessions.

He said recession always happenened, always will and that the boom/bust was a part of the economy.

They always mention how rapid confidence causes the boom yet never teach what crings this sudden bout of

confidence.

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i wonder what he would cite as 'evidence' for his case. aside from 'anecdotes' or 'appeals to authority'

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Jordan replied on Wed, Jun 17 2009 11:33 AM

As people have more money, their average happiness starts to level off (ie diminishing marginal utility, but he didn't even call it that). This is why we can justify a progressive tax. Ick!

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Listening to my Economics Professor telling me that the reason we need at least some inflation is becaues then nobody would be getting a raise in income (No joke).

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Stranger replied on Wed, Jun 17 2009 12:51 PM

The American economy is the most flexible economy in the world, nothing bad can happen to it.

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bbnet replied on Wed, Jun 17 2009 4:12 PM

Arguing with a keynsian eco professor who said that a 'GMAC bond is as good as gold' - he wouldn't acknowledge any of my points but I think I irked him since he never made eye contact with me for the rest of the semester and graded me a half mark below what I earned.

Wonder how his golden bond is holding up?

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