I've realized, though crucial to my daily life and beliefs, I know nothing about economics. In fact, it eludes my grasp and I've thought to call it fake. In a bid to better myself and learn something, I thought to ask my peers at /pt/: how do I into economics?
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I have read effectively zero about economics in a formal sense, but I feel that trying to think more structurally about the role that various productive activities play in the economy, how they produce value, what inputs and outputs they have, and so on, has allowed me to be able to think more rationally and intelligently about a lot of things that you might call 'economics' without every really having to 'do theory' so to speak.
Bear in mind that 99% of Econ discourse online is carried out by people with zero interest or curiosity in economics, and will use what few snippets they’ve heard solely as rhetorical support for whatever policy they’ve already decided on
The fundamental question is "How do we determine how valuable this thing is compared to another thing?"
Asking for hard numbers and analysis at this point is like an early med student wanting to skip over the squishy numbers-free theory to dive straight into statistical pharmacokinetics. Read Hayek "The Use of Knowledge in Society" for how the fundamental question is approacheed by economists.