Economics is the most human of sciences. It is the science … - Ian McDonald

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Economics is the most human of sciences. It is the science of wants and frustrations. It is psychology subject to the abstract, amplifying forces of mathematics.

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Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a British science fiction novelist.

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Alternative Names: Ian Mcdonald • Ian Mc Donald • Ian Mac Donald • Ian Macdonald • Ian MacDonald • Ian James McDonald

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“Hey!” the people cried in their dreams. “Give us back our ghosts!” for ghosts are as much a part of a community as its plumbing or its library, for how can a community be without its memories?

I do not trust the memory. Imaginings too easily become memories, memories imaginings.

It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather.

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