Re: Economics of Environmentalism RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[William T Goodall]

on 20/7/01 10:17 PM, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Why?  If there are a thousand paradigms and none have preditive ability, I
> would argue that its not much of a science.  Otherwise, one could count
> astrology as a science.
> 

During the recent UK elections a Tory politician being interviewed on TV
about economists pointing out gaping holes in the proposed Tory budget plans
said something along the lines of "economists were put on Earth to make
astrologers look better."

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William T Goodall
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