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"I once pissed off a roomfull of economists by declaring that not only was economics not a science, but it was nothing more than an apologetic for the existing social order. And not a very good one.
"That was at an annual meeting of economics students and professors in New York (they invited me because I was an organizer for the IWW and they wanted a 'different viewpoint').
"They didn't invite me back the next year."
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Agreed.
but it was nothing more than an apologetic for the existing social order.
Thus exhibiting the typical fanatic idiot (but I repeat myself) bias of "Anything which does not explicitly support my position is support of my opponents' position."
And not a very good one.
Because it isn't one.
Economics is an intellectual field that's trying to become a science. It would be a good thing if it succeeded, although I have my doubts that that's possible without substantial advances in psychology.
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"but it was nothing more than an apologetic for the existing social order.
Thus exhibiting the typical fanatic idiot (but I repeat myself) bias of "Anything which does not explicitly support my position is support of my opponents' position." "
Unless I'm missing something, I don't see where the person making the comments had a position which was defended or attacked by economics.