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The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management.

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  • One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.
  • He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1964.
  • Mathematical rigor in economics is not a reliable predictor of human action.
  • Also, Keynesian economics is code for giving money to your friends and donors.
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