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Economists are the priests of capitalism.
I have examined the ~~goat entrails~~ quarterly metrics and determined that ~~gods~~ markets require more ~~human sacrifices~~ corporate tax breaks
Only tangentially related, but it's often accepted that there is no Nobel prize in economics. There is a Nobel memorial prize in economics (link), but as it was set up after Nobel's death it is in a slightly different category.
Economics is a subset of moral philosophy, which just happens to care a lot about mathematics but is (or should be) nonetheless primarily concerned with questions of morality.
not sure i agree per se but im willing to hear more?
maybe you mean to distinguish between economics as a study and economics as a mode of policy