@gwensnyder I've had a wonderful economics teacher. I don't think we've ever touched a textbook, and we were explicitly discouraged from doing so. Instead, we just had a bunch of very interesting conversations about the world, the people in it, and how it's all tied together.

I've never heard a 'mainstream economist' even attempt that level of analysis. They really just.. say things. And trust me, they exist well outside of Wall St. as well lmao.