Dumb economics

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Economics

Every scientific activity is prone to malpractice. Econonomics gives us prime examples of charting misconduct:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/compendium/economicreview/october2019/thedecouplingofeconomicgrowthfromcarbonemissionsukevidence

Laffer curve. Remove as many points as we want until it works perfectly. https://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/07/yet-again-tax-c.html

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