The dismal science is a derogatory term for the discipline of economics. Thomas Carlyle used the phrase in his 1849 essay "Occasional Discourse on the...
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by Thomas Carlyle in "the dismal science", to criticize the emerging discipline of economics by comparison with poetry. The book's title was first translated...
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Naked Economics (redirect from Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science)
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science is a book by Charles Wheelan that seeks to translate basic economic issues into a format that can be easily...
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The Great Dismal Swamp is a large swamp in the Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, between Norfolk, Virginia...
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Unto This Last (category Books about the history of economic thought)
whom Ruskin said had "led the way" for Unto This Last with his critique of laissez-faire political economy as the "Dismal Science". Carlyle wrote to Ruskin:...
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places, and situations in his 2015 book Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science. Leading Judge, Lord Hoffmann, observed that "Copyright...
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Thomas Carlyle (1849) coined 'the dismal science' as an epithet for classical economics, a term often linked to the pessimistic analysis of Malthus...
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Economics (redirect from Economic science)
it as the science of production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. On the satirical side, Thomas Carlyle (1849) coined "the dismal science" as an...
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Louis Rukeyser (category Deaths from multiple myeloma in the United States)
Rukeyser's Mutual Funds. Named by People magazine as the only sex symbol of "the dismal science" of economics, Rukeyser won numerous awards and honors...
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Dani Rodrik (category Social Science Research Council)
adopting it is at the center of his research. His works include Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science and The Globalization Paradox:...
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