Six economics misconceptions of mine which I've resolved over the last few years - LessWrong

Here are six cases where I was pretty confident in my understanding of the microeconomics of something, but then later found out I was missing an important consideration. …

x Six economics misconceptions of mine which I've resolved over the last few years — LessWrong Updated Beliefs (examples thereof) Economics World Modeling Curated 204 Six economics misconceptions of mine which I've resolved over the last few years by Buck 13th Jul 2020 11 min read 59 204 Here are six cases where I was pretty confident in my understanding of the microeconomics of something, but then later found out I was missing an important consideration. Thanks to Richard Ngo and Tristan Hume for helpful comments. Here’s the list of mistakes: I thought divesting from a company had no effect o

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