[Zeneta]

Economic thinking?

Economics, at its core, is the study of human nature.

Politics, at its core, is the arena of debated ideas.

Politics can never change human nature.

Not in the long run.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

In economic thinking money trumps all. A classic example is the Carthaginian Hannibal the Great, he had defeated Roman army after Roman army. He asked his government for more money to buy elephants the government refused him using the excuse they did not have the money. Guess who won and eventually killed Hannibal?(Admit that the Barca family was not real popular in Carthage.)

The Romans were thinking in political terms; i.e. eliminating a rival and controlling the Mediterranean, Carthage was thinking in economic terms; i.e. saving money. Yous definitions are wrong; (a) politics is the art and science of governance; (b) economics is the science of resource allocation where resources are scarce and wants are unlimited.

[central_va]

It is stupid to take politics out of a discussion of trade. Stupid and naive.