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Re: [Pen-l] How the Entire Economics Profession Failed



On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I forgot to add: the abstraction and unreality of much of economics
> and econometrics makes a lot of economic research totally useless to
> the wealthy vested interests which Madrick refers to. But I guess they
> see that as the cost of having so much political support from
> economists.


This agrees with what I have long suspected: the main use of
mainstream economics is as propaganda. And in indoctrinating society
about the virtues of selfishness.
-raghu.

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