Blaming the population for being poor and stupid is inherently unfair. Economics is not a science, and trying to understand it with equations is wrong. Econom

Blaming the population for being poor and stupid is inherently unfair. Economics is not a science, and trying to understand it with equations is wrong. Economics is the study of human behaviour in a world of restricted resources and choices. You can study human behaviour quite well and determine theories, which can be tested between different countries. At this point, there is no argument, socialism fails each and every time it is tried, usually in desperate conditions for the people involved. But the route back to prosperity is difficult if not impossible because people are welded to the dream of something for nothing. You don't need a highly educated population to build a successful economy and country, but the people do need to be able to resist the siren song of socialism, and those at the top need to shun corruption and society needs functioning institutions.