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Quote: 5) Lionel Robbins - definition of economics

Quote: 5) Lionel Robbins - definition of economics

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Oct 26, 2008
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Lionel Robbins (*):

Economics is a science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses

This is the fundamental definition of economics that I adher to when I write here. In all honesty this is not the sole definition of what people "see" economics as - however, it THE definition of what I would…

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