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What's the point of /c/economics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by naught101@lemmy.world to c/economics@lemmy.world

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A few observations about this community:

Most posts are economics-related news posts
not many (recent) posts about actual economics (though I haven't read many of the news posts, I'm guessing most don't go into much depth on the economic implications)
No description in the sidebar
No mods

I'd be pretty keen on a more theoretical economics community. Would it make sense to have a separate economic_theory community? Or would it be better to make a separate economic_news community?

Does anyone want to mod this community? Perhaps @MicroWave@lemmy.world or @cm0002@lemmy.world , since you two post a lot?

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[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think this community would serve well as a general community for economics, with pinned discussions for theory, policy, trends, etc. I think that would provide a lot of meaningful engagement and prevent a lot of posts boiling down to redundant or biased comments. I see too many economic discussions on Lemmy as a whole that don't focus enough on data and the context around it, or that quickly devolve into just policy.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

What about the economics-related news posts? How would they fit in?