1. Repetition gives a statement credibility, and many books have repeated the story that Thomas Carlyle coined the term "dismal science" in reaction to the writings of Thomas Malthus. However, David Levy has argued that this popular story of the origin of the term is wrong and that the issues involved in the origin of the term were completely different. You can find Levy's position on the internet http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/Columns/LevyPeartdismal.html.
From what you found, what position were economists defending? What was the position of Carlyle and his allies?
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