The Left Isn't Convinced by Your Economics Arguments

The Left Isn’t Convinced by Your Economics Arguments

Tags: Interventionism, Political Theory

02/07/2019 Ryan McMaken

Many people on the left regard economics as neither a science nor a principled field of study. For them, economics is just a pseudo-science invented as corporate propaganda, and people who push "free-market economics" do so because they are either evil or brainwashed by corporate masters.

Original Article: "Why the Left Isn't Convinced by Your Economics Arguments".

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