Re: Economics


"> >On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:36:59 +0100, Paul Burridge
> ><pb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Okay, that's a good question! This is my personal definition unbiased
> by any dictionary look-up:
> "Economics is the systematic study of the inter-relationships between
> money and capital flows, real assets, natural resources, labour, debt
> and taxation at a personal, corporate, national and international
> level."
> Pretty comprehensive IMV. I'll bet someone will find fault with it,
> though. :-)

The definition fails to differentiate economics from, say, either sociology
or political science. Both these later subjects, along with others, also
study in a systematic manner the inter-relatioships between some or most of
the above relationships mentioned.


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