As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

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Economics is fundamentally political

The dangerous illusion of economics as a value-free science

^{Jostein Hauge (Global Currents)}