• keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    idk how much you are exaggerating, but as far as calculus goes that's pretty easy (no shade on comrades who are bad at maths).

    • structuralize_this [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Agree. If you do math, the compounding interest formula is an easy derivation. But most econ degrees have like "business math" and nothing beyond algebra. But they learn to solved "complex" problems like this:

      If you have 6 workers, and each worker earns $10/hr and can produced two widgets an hour and your product sells for $12, what is the total surplus value extracted from your labor force?

      Answer: $84/hr

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Answer: $84/hr

        See, this is where Econ nerds get all tripped up. Business Bros know that you tell them their IBS "isn't a real disease" and track their time in the shitter, then don't pay them and fire them. Mathematically, very few of them will sue you, so you come out ahead every time.

        • structuralize_this [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Lmao. "Mathematically". Do they even think about it probablistically, or is daddy enough of a scum fuck that failchild just thinks they're invincible?

          Econ is the "formal" study of exploitation. Business Bros is the implementation. Theory vs. practice.

          The #1 thing somebody learns in MBA school is that it's always better to break the law when the fine is less than the benefit. That's algebra 1 baby!

    • Farman [any]
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      2 years ago

      Americans realized that the more calculus requierments a course had the harder it was for students to pass it. So a while ago they purged calculus requierments from a lot of econ an phisics courses. Im not american but i used to hoard textbooks in pdf and american college level ones practically have no calculus in them.

      • structuralize_this [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Correct. There is no math in a business/econ degree.

        At most colleges/universities, if you have calc 1, you can take any econ class you want as a "skip-ahead" prerequisite.