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It doesn't even use math. It pretends to use math then gets pissy and throws out results when reality doesn't fit into it's wank-ass prediction curves, like the inflation-unemployment curve which is still taught as a real thing in econ 101, and it isnt until you get into behavioral economics that they start to drop hints that maybe they are wrong on some of their assumptions.
I literally just had a conversation with a PhD in economics where he (while drunk) admitted to me that they have no real idea what is going on in the economy writ large or have any actually consistent principals or practices. Very fun, definitely not worrying stuff.
Philosophical statements dressed up in Cartesian graphs in order to make them look math-y.
Another good example is how many Econ 101 classes teach that banks need to draw from holdings in order to issue loans, as if leverage isn’t a thing.
There's a whole field of economics dedicated to figuring out whether or not we are in a recession at the current moment. They can't even tell what is going on in the present, yet they claim to be able to determine what the future brings
I no... it absolutely uses "math"... I sat in the classes. But the equations are like me throwing chicken bones to see what tomorrow's weather is going to be.
They dress that shit up with a fancy latin phrase "ceteris paribus" like its a fuckin mic drop.
To be less perjorative and more specific, It has very little relationship to more exact scientific statistical assessment (which is what most people mean they think about 'STEM math') that is for sure. The math is more like straight fuckin around with formulas mathematics.