“Economics never was a dismal science. It should be a realistic science.”

—  Paul A. Samuelson

[Samuelson, Paul Anthony, Puttaswamaiah, K., 2002, Paul Samuelson and the Foundations of Modern Economics, 10 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_Lvflq4Wv-wC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PA10] <br class="br">New millennium

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