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One of the most popular strokes of anti-economics is the claim that economics amounts to a doctrine of selfishness. Economics at best condones selfishness. More likely it insinuates it. Indeed, say its critics, it has praised it. Worst of all, by abetting egoism, economics has corroded any general sense of regard for others, and therefore cleared a path for inhumanity and cruelty.
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© 2002 William Oliver Coleman
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Coleman, W.O. (2002). The Religion of Love and the Science of Wealth. In: Economics and Its Enemies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403914354_8
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