> Not the parent, but how about all of Western Europe?
You're going to have to be more specific. What about "all of Western Europe"?
> As much as economics wants to tout itself as a science
Is this going to be a game of definitions? What qualifies as a "science", in your view? Do you consider sociology to be a science? Psychology? Ecology? Geology? Anthropology? Archaeology? History? Linguistics?
> tested in real countries over the past 75 years
Which 75-year-old policies are you referring to, exactly?
> it just retreats into some dressed-up version of American Exceptionalism
What you could possibly mean by economics being a "dressed-up version of American Exceptionalism" is honestly a complete mystery to me.
> to explain the failing of its own prescriptions.
Which prescriptions are you referring to?
You're going to have to be more specific. What about "all of Western Europe"?
> As much as economics wants to tout itself as a science
Is this going to be a game of definitions? What qualifies as a "science", in your view? Do you consider sociology to be a science? Psychology? Ecology? Geology? Anthropology? Archaeology? History? Linguistics?
> tested in real countries over the past 75 years
Which 75-year-old policies are you referring to, exactly?
> it just retreats into some dressed-up version of American Exceptionalism
What you could possibly mean by economics being a "dressed-up version of American Exceptionalism" is honestly a complete mystery to me.
> to explain the failing of its own prescriptions.
Which prescriptions are you referring to?