The Economics tag would be for posts focusing on topics in the domain of economics, making particularly heavy use of concepts or tools from economics, or highlighting ways for people with economics backgrounds to do good.
Probably a lot of other posts, but not merely any post that uses terms like āexternalitiesāāhence āparticularly heavy use of concepts or tools from economicsā
Arguments against this tag:
Overlaps/āsubsumes with Economic Growth
Overlaps a bit with Global Health and Development and maybe Statistical Methods
Maybe too broad a category, as economics concepts and tools are used at least a bit in a lot of EA stuff
Maybe it wouldnāt make sense to have this tag without having a tag for each of a large array of other fields/āprofessions (e.g., Biology)
But maybe we should have a tag for each of a large array of other fields/āprofessions?
And we already have tags for some, e.g. EA Psychology
Arguments for:
I imagine it could be nice for someone with an economics background to have an easily accessible collection of posts that are especially relevant to their background and that highlight ways for them to contribute
Economics
The Economics tag would be for posts focusing on topics in the domain of economics, making particularly heavy use of concepts or tools from economics, or highlighting ways for people with economics backgrounds to do good.
Some posts that would fit:
An introduction to global priorities research for economists
Posts with the Economic Growth tag
Maybe some posts wth the Global Health and Development and Statistical Methods tags
Probably a lot of other posts, but not merely any post that uses terms like āexternalitiesāāhence āparticularly heavy use of concepts or tools from economicsā
Arguments against this tag:
Overlaps/āsubsumes with Economic Growth
Overlaps a bit with Global Health and Development and maybe Statistical Methods
Maybe too broad a category, as economics concepts and tools are used at least a bit in a lot of EA stuff
Maybe it wouldnāt make sense to have this tag without having a tag for each of a large array of other fields/āprofessions (e.g., Biology)
But maybe we should have a tag for each of a large array of other fields/āprofessions?
And we already have tags for some, e.g. EA Psychology
Arguments for:
I imagine it could be nice for someone with an economics background to have an easily accessible collection of posts that are especially relevant to their background and that highlight ways for them to contribute
Analogy to the History tag, the Economics of Doing Good (Effective Altruism) Facebook group, the History and Effective Altruism Facebook group, and various other groups
Yeah, this would work. A general econ tag could focus on values other than economic growth, including equity and preventing hyperinflation.