Meaning of dismal science | Babel Free

Definitions

Economics or the field of political economy.

derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, sometimes, usually, with-definite-article

Examples

“[N]ot a "gay science," but a rueful—which finds the secret of this universe in "supply⟳ and demand⟳" . . . a dreary, desolate and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one; what we might call⟳, by way of eminence, the dismal science.”

“Galbraith has managed to write⟳ with wit and style about the ‘dismal science’ of economics.”

“Two Dismal Sciences: Economics and National Security—Writing during World War II, J. B. Condliffe lamented, "Economists have⟳ not contributed in very large measure⟳ to the recent outpouring of publications on the causes, conduct, and consequences of war." By the turn⟳ of the millennium, however, the situation had changed.”

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