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Record 1 1996-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Economics
CONT

Curiously, the latest pessimism in biology recalls the somber mood of nineteenth-century economics; it is hard to think back to the time when economics was called the dismal science.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Économique
OBS

"Science lugubre" comme la qualifiait Carlyle, la science économique en développant ses techniques semble dissimuler les vrais problèmes plutôt que de découvrir leur solution. Or les vrais problèmes sont avant tout d'ordre économique (M. Gravitz, méthode des sciences sociales, 1984, p. 275).

Spanish

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