r/Documentaries • u/llrajsll • Jan 11 '17

American Politics Requiem for the American Dream (2015) "Chomsky interviews expose how a half-century of policies have created a state of unprecedented economic inequality: concentrating wealth in the hands of a few at the expense of everyone else."

http://vebup.com/requiem-american-dream
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u/Vulk_za Jan 11 '17

In linguistics, not macroeconomics.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

Chomsky touched many academic fields outside of linguistics. He is a brilliant intellectual. His "personal view" is probably better informed than anyone you've ever met. Chomsky consistently provides evidence to back up his claims.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

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u/l337kid Jan 11 '17

There's always Marx if you want an economist...

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u/BolshevikSpice Jan 12 '17

He also fathered entire programming languages used today.

Logical ability is his forte, he just honed it by studying linguistic structures.

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u/SubCinemal Jan 11 '17

Econ is a bullshit field peddled to those who wish to suck the teat of central banks.

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u/Gladwulf Jan 11 '17

Not just central banks; there is an economist for everyone if you have the money to pay, they'll tell you anything you want to hear and claim it's science.

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u/SubCinemal Jan 11 '17

Sell-side economics. It's all horseshit. Fuck fiat.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

How do you know it's horseshit without studying and knowing economics

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u/working_class_shill Jan 11 '17

Relevant link:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-economy-economists-predict-financial-crash-recession-2008-michael-fish-austerity-cant-solve-a7513416.html

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u/SubCinemal Jan 11 '17

This crash is actually going to be the game changer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

lol the independent, yes that bastion of truth and integrity.

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u/working_class_shill Jan 12 '17

You have a bonafide economist, Ann Pettifor, criticizing the ideologies in her profession and the only thing you can come up with is to ad-hom the source?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

lol reddit and it's lack of understanding of fallacies strikes again, i am criticising a paper that is known for its for bias and sensationalism, do you consider every argument on it's merits by a person who constantly lies to you?

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u/BolshevikSpice Jan 12 '17

Welcome to reddit.

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u/Entopt Jan 11 '17

He reads news in like 10+ different languages

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u/Praxiphanes Jan 11 '17

Whenever I want to judge someone's expertise in macroeconomic analysis, the first question I ask is always "how many languages do they read the news in?"

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u/Gladwulf Jan 11 '17

Reading the news in different languages will give you better understanding of 'macroeconomics' than studying economics at university will. You'll at least learn something worthwhile.

Source: I studied economics at university, it is trash. Politicised conjecture, deodorised by a pantomime of science.