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<p>[QUOTE="Danjohnson, post: 2494689, member: 80228"]Economics isn't hard science, it's political ideology pretending to be hard science. "What's (not) in your wallet?" Any value the economic experts can take from you while telling you it's for your own good or some greater good (as determined by them).</p><p><br /></p><p>"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousand fold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics, or medicine—the special pleading of selfish interests."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mises.org/files/henry-hazlitt-economics-one-lessonpdf/download?token=xBmgeDG7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mises.org/files/henry-hazlitt-economics-one-lessonpdf/download?token=xBmgeDG7" rel="nofollow">https://mises.org/files/henry-hazlitt-economics-one-lessonpdf/download?token=xBmgeDG7</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The quote above is from the introduction to a great read known as "Economics in one lesson", the link will bring those interested to the whole work. Not asking anyone to take my word for anything, I'm asking you to look for yourself (if you haven't already). I hope those that haven't read it yet, do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Economics can never be a hard science because it contains "the special pleading of selfish interests." That will always relegate it to the "science" of politics and personal opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Danjohnson, post: 2494689, member: 80228"]Economics isn't hard science, it's political ideology pretending to be hard science. "What's (not) in your wallet?" Any value the economic experts can take from you while telling you it's for your own good or some greater good (as determined by them). "Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousand fold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics, or medicine—the special pleading of selfish interests." [url]https://mises.org/files/henry-hazlitt-economics-one-lessonpdf/download?token=xBmgeDG7[/url] The quote above is from the introduction to a great read known as "Economics in one lesson", the link will bring those interested to the whole work. Not asking anyone to take my word for anything, I'm asking you to look for yourself (if you haven't already). I hope those that haven't read it yet, do so. Economics can never be a hard science because it contains "the special pleading of selfish interests." That will always relegate it to the "science" of politics and personal opinion.[/QUOTE]
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