I have a PR problem
A blog called MeatyREADS responded to my critical post about EcoLibris in this way:
This is why people dislike economists. You take what seems to be a perfectly nice company and then point out how the incentives are all wrong.
But … by pointing out that the incentives are wrong, I’m trying to make the world a better place. Increase efficiency and all that. Why would you dislike me for that? I’m trying to give you a free lunch!
This made me think a bit about why the public often has a negative perception of economists. I blame the media.
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Economists are adults so therefore always screw up the kids’ fun.
or maybe it’s the IMF, World Bank etc giving you guys a bad name
good point about EcoLibris though!