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The dismal science

The dismal science is a derogatory term for the discipline of economics.[1] Thomas Carlyle used the phrase in his 1849 essay "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" in contrast with the then-familiar phrase "gay science" used to refer to the art of troubadours.

An Essay on the Principle of Population

Critique of political economy

– a term of Ruskin's used to contrast the "wealth" that could be created by government with the "anarchy" created by laissez-faire[10]

Illth

– the math behind the theory

Malthusian growth model

– political (and economic) fallout from the theory

Malthusianism

The dictionary definition of the dismal science at Wiktionary