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Re:Type III Societies (Apparently) Do Not Exist by tpeo on Thursday April 28, 2016 @07:45PM (#11592747)
The "dismal science" thing has nothing to do with scientific standards. It was an expression coined and used by Thomas Carlyle in satirical essay in favor of slavery to refer to political economy because economist's support for emancipation.

But I get what you mean.

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Re:Type III Societies (Apparently) Do Not Exist by coldtea on Friday April 29, 2016 @12:12PM (#11596653)
As for the origin of the quotation yes -- but it has been used to talk about scientific standards in Economy ever since it was coined -- there are even a couple of books with that exact name on the topic.
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