A priest , an engineer and an economist were cast away on a desert island.
One day a big wood crate floated in. They opened it up and found wet rags and some canned goods.
They were hungry, actually starving, but couldn’t open the cans.
The priest said “I’ll pray for guidance”
The engineer scrounged up an old coconut and some palm fronds and worked to no avail on one of the cans.
The economist took one of the cans and then placed it on the empty crate and began to study the can fiercely. the next evening after 28 hours of study and contemplation he rose and announced “ I have the solution, we must first assume a can opener”
Economics is pseudo science and in truth a black art.
No, it is definitely a science. There are “black magicians” who try to turn it into something else, which largely is the thrust of this essay.
On of the funniest and truest jokes I’ve heard in a long time.