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3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

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Economists Don't Care What Other People Think

Mark Blahr: The typical economist differs from the typical politician. He says economists don't really care what other people think about them. A solution that might strike an economist is perfectly rational might strike the rest of us as deeply repugnant, he says.

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