dismal science

British  

noun

1. a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle

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Example Sentences

If economics can be called the dismal science, I’d argue that eugenics might be called the narcissistic one.

From Slate

Economics is often called the “dismal science,” and let me tell you, most of those messages were also pretty dismal.

From Salon

I’ll inject some of my dismal science here: Saying that a recession is on the horizon doesn’t sound optimistic, but in a buyer’s housing market, there are some positives to recessions.

From Slate

If economics is "the dismal science," should we start calling polling "the abysmal science"?

From Salon

You'd think in the 21st century, practitioners of the dismal science would have found some way to control inflation other than putting people out of work.

From Reuters