> Economics is not a science. It is more like history, a set of useful methods but nonetheless highly colored by the current political mood.
> Crucially, economics also lacks the basic accountability mechanism that real sciences have: data. Bad theories in biology or physics disappear when new data repudiates them, but bad theories in economics never go away.
It is sensationalist, but there is a small kernel of truth. Economists have major physics envy and want desperately to be a full mathematically based science, but it's more of a social science (as in not hard science). Doing regression models on the economy is obviously somewhat flawed. There is an experimental branch of economics that does repeatable experiments though, so some practicioners are probably pretty close.
There are a lot of things economists almost universally agree on (e.g. price caps bad), but there are big differences in schools of thought. Politicians can choose a la carte and can find an economist to agree with them on practically any policy.
As far as I understand, economics is a part of Social Science, not just resembling it. I don't think it can contend with the other two branches [1] per se - Formal and Natural, whose basis is different.
Economics uses data, but unlike other sciences it is not falsifiable. If an economist makes a prediction that is incorrect, nothing happens. Instead they will always attribute the error to some unexpected factor that couldn't be accounted for (the "black swan" doctrine).
Actually Obama got ot for closing Guantanamo, bringing peace to Middle East and withdrawing from Afghanistan. Or for the hope that he would do any of that, can't remember exactly right now..
Also, considering they just got a 68 billion dollar budget approved [1] over the next 5 years, even a small monetary reward would be nice for this. It doesn't need to be a ton of money, but something other than "here's a piece of empty and memorabilia and we'll write a blog post" would be a good incentive
I think you are misinterpreting that article. The MTA board approved the plan to spend $68B but they depend on the state to give them funds. That’s the amount of money they are asking for based on the projects they want to complete. The state government has to pass a budget to fund that plan (or do something else). Additionally several current, already started projects are on hold due to the “pause” of congestion pricing which was going to be a funding source.
Hands down the worst and most stressful part of living in America, and the only reason I - a child of immigrants who are grateful to have built a life here - would consider moving somewhere else
It was one of the biggest considerations that made me decide against moving to the USA.
One of my coworkers took advantage of the L1 Visa (which I can still qualify for) and she ended up moving back to my home country Uruguay even though she made 50% higher salary in USA.
She did live some of the worst stuff in USA like Texas electricity failures, 20.000 dollar healthcare bills, etc.
The author behind Raptitude, David, has spoken candidly about his ADHD, and the block method he's talking about is a modified, simpler version of GTD aimed at people who are not naturally productive or struggle with more complex systems like GTD.
What exactly do you do? The very first thing I read is:
> We work alongside every step of the way to help you to push your SaaS to new levels.
The second thing is.
> By taking a growth-focused approach, we target your potential customers and acquire new revenue.
That's a lot of words that don't tell me anything about the service you provide. I'm already growth-focused, trying to maximize ROI, and pushing my SaaS to new levels. What exactly do you do?
Consider: "We offer a set of services tailored to the SaaS industry" sounds like marketing speak. How about "We know SaaS inside and out, from years (decades?) of experience at [SaaS company], [SaaS company], and working with dozens (?) of clients."
After I scroll a third of the way down, I finally see that you're marketing consultants. The bullet points under "About us" are the most interesting thing about the page, and you should lead with them. I know next to nothing about marketing, but "we will help optimize (increase? triple?) your conversion rates through a highly-personalized pricing and content strategy" reads a lot better than "grow your business, maximize ROI".
Finally, and I don't mean to sound harsh, but if you're doing marketing consulting, your own marketing page currently doesn't inspire much confidence.
