That's not why economics is called the dismal science. Economics is called the "dismal science" because of it's "find[ing] the secret of this Universe in 'supp

That's not why economics is called the dismal science. Economics is called the "dismal science" because of it's "find[ing] the secret of this Universe in 'supply and demand,' and reducing the duty of human governors to that of letting men alone". Carlyle took a different view, feeling that the "idle Black man in the West Indies" should be "compelled to work as he was fit, and to do the Maker's will who had constructed him". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dismal_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dismal_science Mencius Moldbug also has an interesting take on Carlyle, suggesting that his views on slavery and hierarchy were significantly more nuanced than what my pithy summary above describes. I have not managed to read enough Carlyle to form my own opinion (maybe on my next 24 hour flight). https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-carlyle-matters.html https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-ca... https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/carlyle-in-20th-century-fascism-and.html https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/carlyl...