An economist is someone who, when asked if the slaves should be freed, tells you whether freeing them will cause the GDP to go up or down.
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any special knowledge of what's good. that said, we also tend to frame questions as "what will make people better-off", and for slavery to \
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be the answer to the question compared to "not slavery" generally requires a rotten definition of "people," in a GIGO sort of way.
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