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The End of Economists' Imperialism

Harvard Business Review

Economists have also continued their imperialist habit of delving into other fields: 2005's Freakonomics , co-authored by Becker disciple Steven Levitt, was a prime example of this — and sold millions of copies. Meaning that you can never get truly scientific answers out of GDP or unemployment numbers.

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