I thought studying economics meant learning how economies work everywhere. That the models were neutral and universal. Then I saw what happens when these models are applied in the real world and realized how quickly things fall apart. Most economic degrees don’t tell you they're handing you one intellectual tradition among several and calling it universal. The models just get presented as “how economies work”. The Washington Consensus demonstrates a clear example of what this costs; of how “neut

The highest taxpayers are not the same as the richest people

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