All economists ought to be aware of the true story of why economics
was named the dismal science. It's not because of Malthus and the
population issue but rather because the classical liberal economists
thought that everyone, including blacks, were equal a proposition that
that bastard Carlyle thought was truly "dismal."
See
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/LevyPeartdismal.html
for the true story.
Cheers
Alex
--
Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
Vice President and Director of Research
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA, 94621-1428
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