Can we separate Economics and Politics?

Some people criticize the injection of politics into economic discussions.

 

But economic historians tell us that economists used to understand and accept that economics is wholly interrelated with politics, and that politics affects our economy.

 

They note that modern economists have artificially tried to somehow separate the two like Descartes tried to separate the mind from the body.

 

Indeed, the father of modern economics – Adam Smith – talked a lot about politics in relation to economics.

 

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Ziad K. Abdelnour is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., a New York based private equity ”family office” that focuses on originating, structuring, advising and acting as equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations, buildups, and growth capital financing's in companies and projects based both in the US and emerging markets.