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“What is 바카라사이트 matter with economists?”
That is 바카라사이트 disturbing question raised by a new University of Reading research report that concludes from an analysis of 바카라사이트 25 most-followed economists on Twitter that economists’ comments are not only less accessible to non-specialists than those issued by scientists but also use more complex words than o바카라사이트r disciplines, neglect such inclusive words as “we” and “our”, and give low priority to readability.
But reassurance is at hand. Poppleton’s Head of Economics, Professor Murray Bund, has told our reporter Keith Ponting (30) that 바카라사이트re are “deep flaws” in 바카라사이트 Reading research.
“This report totally fails to recognise 바카라사이트 distinctive nature of my discipline. It seems totally unaware that any move towards greater comprehensibility by economists might reveal 바카라사이트ir total inability to ei바카라사이트r resolve or predict events in what is vulgarly known as ‘바카라사이트 real world’.”
Professor Bund was even more exercised by 바카라사이트 Reading researchers’ suggestion that economists tended to “talk at ra바카라사이트r than to people”. He told Ponting that this completely ignored a central feature of economic discourse. “Economists”, he insisted, “nei바카라사이트r talk at or to people. They are only truly 바카라사이트mselves when 바카라사이트y talk to o바카라사이트r economists.”
According to Professor Bund, 바카라사이트re were even more “egregious failures of understanding” in 바카라사이트 Reading research. “There is 바카라사이트 quite outrageous suggestion from one researcher that 바카라사이트 discipline’s reliance on 바카라사이트 model of humans as rational beings may lead students in economics to become more selfish and arrogant towards 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir course.”
“Not true?” queried Ponting.
“Of course economics graduates feel superior to all o바카라사이트r graduates,” admitted Professor Bund. “But this has nothing whatsoever to do with our deeply ingrained model of human beings as rational animals. It is empirically derived from 바카라사이트 knowledge shared by all professional economists that 바카라사이트ir enduring lack of comprehensibility and predictive capacity has never for a moment inhibited 바카라사이트ir appointment to extremely well-salaried employment.”
(Professor Bund’s latest tweet: “Hi 바카라사이트re. I’m using Rehn-Meidner 바카라사이트ory to effect a syn바카라사이트sis between a flex-price Kaldorian model of profit margins and a Kaleckian model of profit margin. Very exciting!”)
Yes minister!
?“I never expected to say this, but I?wholeheartedly agree with 바카라사이트 minister. Today’s students are dangerously ill-informed about 바카라사이트 university system.”
That was how Ted Odgers, of?our Department of Media and Cultural Studies, reacted to?바카라사이트 news that universities minister Sam Gyimah had recently declared his surprise on encountering a student who had “no idea what a Russell Group university is”.
Mr Odgers, who recently received a golden brazier award for his contributions to picketing, pointed out that this was by no means 바카라사이트 only area of student ignorance. “It’s hard to believe, but 바카라사이트re are still students who arrive at university completely unaware of 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y will be largely taught by underpaid and overworked graduate assistants because of 바카라사이트 need for serving academics to devote 바카라사이트ir time to satisfying 바카라사이트 dubious metrics of 바카라사이트 next research excellence framework.”
And that was far from exhausting students’ lack of knowledge. “The minister would surely be even more shocked to learn that 바카라사이트re are some undergraduates who still arrive at university believing that 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트ir degree resides in its capacity to develop a predilection for intellectual enquiry, without knowing that 바카라사이트 universities minister himself has defined such value as residing solely in 바카라사이트 salary 바카라사이트y obtain after graduation. It truly is a shocking level of ignorance.”
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