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Wanjiku Kimani's avatar

That title is just 👌🏾👌🏾.. I remember someone telling me- you economics people are so obsessed with numbers!

And I was like, of course we are… if you are going to make decisions that affect lots of people you better have data and deep analysis that backs the decision-making.. Lived experience is too narrow and also biased to be a guiding post for decisions that affect millions

Beyond the ideological tagging, i think people think that when we analyze these numbers, it’s all made up and they don’t mean much…there is idea that when we talk people it has to be story driven only and not numbers driven… av heard people talk about “GDP are just made up numbers that don’t really reflect living conditions”…

So I think the tying the stories to the numbers is super important..which is what you are doing..

Loved the post! 😊

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PIET DU PLESSIS's avatar

Well written, reseached and argued, Johan.

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