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Re:How economics became a religion by arethuza on Sunday July 16, 2017 @10:41AM (#14782147)
"Economics has many successes"

Out of interest (no pun intended), what are they?

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Re:How economics became a religion by Retric on Sunday July 16, 2017 @03:58PM (#14783848)
It's arguable, but the massive decline in global poverty over the last 30 years is arguably the largest. Details are complicated, but things like comparative advantage > free trade seem to have been working.
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