Economics is a Pseudoscience

#Economics:

1. makes dodgy assumptions:

It assumes people make rational decisions, but we know that's not always true.

2. can't predict the #future:

Its models and theories often get it wrong, and they're frequently changed or scrapped when new data comes in.

3. oversimplifies things:

It tries to explain complex systems with simple models, which is way too #misleading.

4. ignores #uncertainty:

It doesn't account for things that are unpredictable, which leads to bad predictions.

5. doesn't test its theories properly:

It relies too much on maths and not enough on real-world #evidence.

6. ignores power and politics:

It assumes #markets are fair and efficient, but we all know that's very rarely true.

7. doesn't have a unified #theory:

It's got lots of different theories and models, but no single one can explain everything.

8. relies too much on #maths:

It uses maths to explain things, but maths can be misleading if it's not based on real-world evidence.

9. ignores external factors:

It doesn't account for things like environmental damage and social inequality, which can affect the #economy.

10. isn't transparent or accountable:

Economic #research is influenced by personal opinions or special interests, rather than being based on evidence.

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This is not true for the Austrian school of economics.

Austrian economics is indeed the most tolerable of the pseudosciences.

The pseudosciences that once promised to guide us to a better future, have now been proven miserably inadequate.

It's time to strip away all the dogmas and return to the fundamentals.

We have most of the required technological tools that can enable us to seek out new ways of navigating this chaotic landscape and transitional period.

We can indeed be influenced by the concepts, the learnings, and the teachings of the past; laissez-faire capitalism can indeed be inspiring but it is romantic to believe that it can provide the answers/solutions for the Multipolar world in the making.

The constant ambiguity, the massive complexity, the high volatility, and the tremendous uncertainty of our globalised world today, have exposed the numerous limitations of all pseudosciences.

Our collective #future is not a continuation of the past, but a radical departure from it.

Let’s all bright minds and freedom believers unite and cooperate voluntarily towards creating a new system that will make the old one obsolete.

But first: Let there be dark… πŸ–€