Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science. (Bernard Crick)

Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.

Bernard Crick

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