a: Economics ~
b: astronomy
What:
"Economics is like astronomy in having nothing to do with human affairs and therefore with the ethical universe in which humans live. No, wait, that can't be right: it has to do with human affairs-how else am I going to get paid for consulting or editorializing?-but the parts I deal with are Objective . . . like who gets hurt by the imposition of free trade. Hmm. I'm having trouble with this. What I'm sure is that 'ought' and 'is' are entirely different realms and the scientist ought to ignore. . . uhm. . . well. . . ."
Useful?
Writer: Deirdre McCloskey
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Date: Jul 26 2016 6:48 PM
# 10166 Critique Analogy