The Origin of the Term Dismal Science to Describe Economics

The Origin of the Term "Dismal Science" to Describe Economics 1 Robert Dixon Department of Economics ... been taught: (a) that it was Thomas Carlyle who called economics (political economy as it was then known2) "the dismal science" and (b) that he did so as a reaction to the pessimistic predictions of Malthus in ... Indies because the laws of ... ................
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