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Episode 234: Errors We Repeat in Economics

Words & Numbers

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Is It the Economist's Fault?

Economists have done a terrible job of communicating the things they know to non-experts. They've taken terms that are in the vernacular and attached subtly different definitions to them. And so they're slightly out of sync when you have economists talking to non-economists. It's entirely the economist's fault.

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