There are more non theorists then theorists. If us non theorists coordinate we can successfully vote down tenure/hire of every theorist in every department in the country. Also reject every theory paper in most journals. Let's go for it!
Let's destroy Econ Theory
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suppose this can be done. no theory in the future. sooner or later, the rest reg monkey will be voted down by the rest of human being. There are more ordinary people than reg monkeys. They do not give a s**t on your coefficient or IV. If you do not produce new theory/story/angle and talk about them on news journal or mass media. You are useless to them.
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Lol. Smart applied micro types realize that the reason they have relevance is economic theory. If people start realize that your work is realing sociology and political science they will start thinking wire we hiring this when we cna hire socilogist for cheaper. Your reg x y identification strategy might be more credible than theory or macro, but the economics people care about is macro, theory or i.o.
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reg monkeys think that the following propositions are equivalent:
1. "just because theory is hard doesn't make it good" (this is a reasonable pov)
2. "because theory is hard it isn't good" (this is not a reasonable pov)
if they were better at theory they would understand that they aren't.
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Lol. Smart applied micro types realize that the reason they have relevance is economic theory. If people start realize that your work is realing sociology and political science they will start thinking wire we hiring this when we cna hire socilogist for cheaper. Your reg x y identification strategy might be more credible than theory or macro, but the economics people care about is macro, theory or i.o.
Someone doing theoretical political economy here. I am offended at the suggestion that there isn't theory in political science.
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Lol. Smart applied micro types realize that the reason they have relevance is economic theory. If people start realize that your work is realing sociology and political science they will start thinking wire we hiring this when we cna hire socilogist for cheaper. Your reg x y identification strategy might be more credible than theory or macro, but the economics people care about is macro, theory or i.o.
This seems to at its core relate to the question of whether modern economics is primarily a collection of topics or a collection of methods, and how we feel about the answer.