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When someone talks about 'economic realities' supporting a reform agenda, are they doing economics, or polemic?
Do the Economist and the FT do economics, or polemic?
The underlying problem is that the concepts and measures used in economics lend themselves everso elegantly to one kind of political discourse, while making alternative views and metrics difficult to conceptualise, quantify and discuss.
