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Some things, like you say, are closer to rules that we can change. Other things, however, are a lot closer to physics: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/10_Principles_of_Economics https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/10_Principles_of_Economics It's very important to understand when you're talking about the former and when you're talking about the latter.