political affiliations: socialism and development
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It would be difficult to be a true socialist/developmentalist and study/practice actuarial science because the profession assumes mostly a free market necoclassical economy. Anti-free-marketers (socialists/developmentalists) say that a free market economy will always fail and cannot be applied in most macroeconomic contexts, developmental or otherwise.
In any case, the idea of working for a big corporation as an actuary and earning big cheese is considered frankly a repulsive capitalist pursuit for the true socialist/developmentalist.
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