actually today's economists know how inefficient slavery is and any economist would tell you to drop it and have consumers instead
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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You know the "dismal science" story, right?
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And refers to the slave owners as "job creators"
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Meh. Classical economists were instrumental in ending slavery in Britain. Carlyle called econ "dismal science" bc he wanted slavery back.
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This tweet is about how economists seem unable to view political, moral and scientific issues others than as arguments about efficiency.
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This kinds of shows your ignorance on the history of economic thought
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philosophers throwing shots at economists. Wild..
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Haha, I get it, a desire to understand the world is incompatible with a desire to improve it.
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Slavery's legitimacy as a social arrangement is unaffected by its economic efficiency but economists can't help discussing it in those terms
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