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dismal science
noun
- the dismal sciencea name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
Example Sentences
Economics is often called the 鈥渄ismal science,鈥 and let me tell you, most of those messages were also pretty dismal.
I鈥檒l inject some of my dismal science here: Saying that a recession is on the horizon doesn鈥檛 sound optimistic, but in a buyer鈥檚 housing market, there are some positives to recessions.
If economics is "the dismal science," should we start calling polling "the abysmal science"?
You'd think in the 21st century, practitioners of the dismal science would have found some way to control inflation other than putting people out of work.
In a field sometimes derided as the 鈥渄ismal science,鈥 Dr. Bailey brought an infectious enthusiasm for economics and the ability of economists to shape society.
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