Economists vs. Political Scientists

By Jacob Christensen | Published: 2008-04-25

Economists are rationalists. This makes them despair at public policies because they think things could be better.

Political scientists are realists. This makes us depressed because we know things cannot get better.

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Amber

Posted 2008-04-25 at 05:46 | Permalink

Yeahhh….now I have a description of being a “realist” to go with my worthless political science degree!
Jonas Vlachos

Posted 2008-04-25 at 08:35 | Permalink

Yes, I think you are right. I have always felt that all that cynicism that we economists like to display in public is just a face we put up to hide our hurt idealist feelings.
Jacob Christensen

Posted 2008-04-30 at 15:57 | Permalink

So true. I wonder where the sociologists fit in these days, though.