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ok I checked the comments on this because I thought we were gonna start analysing the actual stuff in the graphs or something and now everyone's yapping about how economists are all evil or something
this is gonna get mass downvoted and I don't care
Seriously the second graph is garbage and it makes no sense to compare it to the claims of the Phillips curve.
Also the Phillips curve is a two variable snapshot from a multi variate world (iow a simplification so freshmen can understand). The right hand graph is clearly not holding the other non graphed variables constant, hence you don't get anything useful.
Economics as taught below PhD level is about simplifying down concepts to make a complex system understandable.
Phillips curve says that as unemployment gets worse the ability of suppliers to raise prices gets weaker because consumers have less money.
Of course consumer demand is only one facet of inflation, there's a whole system of variables there.
And as someone below the Phd level that was always my understanding.
You don't see the clusterfuck of a graph on the right?
The analysis is that there's is no correlation. It's an excuse for economists to push whatever is best for their self interests. You saw the analysis and didn't like it. If you see something different, please share. You're part of "the comments".
The graph on the right only shows that more variables impact unemployment than just interest rates alone, which you obviously know. It doesn't prove or disprove the model on the left, which is a pretty simplified relationship. Monetary policy, like adjusting interest rates, was demonstrated to be quite effective just recently with the Fed successfully keeping inflation and employment under control with these tools over the past few years.
Come on! Get with it! Dogma over debate! Why aren't you letting yourself be whipped into a blind frenzy?
hmm i value your perspective—i think you’re just outside the popular narrative and that’s alright.
no one here believes economists are evil per se. what i and others are expressing with that language is that economists have been employed to justify oppression through malicious misuse of their perceived authority. some have been active bad actors, while many more are just pawns or unwitting mouthpieces for the funneling of wealth into the top 0.1%