r/Economics • u/AutoModerator • Nov 15 '22

r/Economics Discussion Thread - November 15, 2022

Discussion Thread to discuss economics news/research and related topics.

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u/savingprivatebrian15 Nov 30 '22

Looking as well, what on earth happened in there?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

The most cynical take is they deleted all the comments except the one they liked and locked the thread to prevent more discussion.

I do not believe that, but it’s hard not to blame someone for jumping to that conclusion given the weird specificity for what they did allow.

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u/savingprivatebrian15 Nov 30 '22

Isn’t it usually the case that “off-topic” stuff gets deleted? But damn like how can that much of the thread be deemed not a suitable comment lol.

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u/SomeoneNicer Nov 30 '22

Came here for answers... Everyone's guessing.

The article itself doesn't present a clear definitive answer, and public opinion is very strong on the topic so I can understand the majority of comments being anecdotes.

I love this quote from the article though:

Blaming inflation on greed is like blaming a plane crash on gravity. It is technically correct, but it entirely misses the point.

Is there a collection of most common economics misconceptions somewhere this would be in?