This is your annual reminder that economics was first called "the dismal science" by someone who didn't like what economists had to say... namely by Thomas Carlyle in 1849 calling for the return of slavery, which most economists of that time strongly opposed. (H/T Econlog.)
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Sorry for the retweet and rephrase, but I think some people thought from the original tweet that Thomas was the economist, rather than him being the person who objected to economics.
2:57 PM - 17 Dec 2017
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