[LaMarseillaise]

Economics is not physics. It has no laws. And the field could not exist if it were zero-sum.

Edit: I should clarify that economics does not have laws in the same way physics does. The ‘law of diminishing returns’, for example, is more of a trend or generalization than an absolute, and is frequently violated in a way that gravity is not.

Economics is also still not a well understood field. There may be government policies with unexpected effects due to that incomplete understanding. We have seen this many times.

[WalterBright]

The money supply increases naturally with supply & demand. Inflation happens when the government prints money it has no intention of ever covering.

> Economics is not physics

Countries often deny the reality of economics, until their economies crash. Not one has successfully repealed the laws of economics.

[barrenko]

We don't understand our actions. We call it economics. But does not mean there are no laws because we don't want to see them.

[yardstick]

> And the field could not exist if it were zero-sum.

Is that an Economics law?

[atlantas]

Look up power laws.