5. In his paper “Why Did the Economist Cross the Road? The Hierarchical Logic of Ethical and Economic Reasoning,”

economist Andrew Yuengert of Pepperdine University argues that “economists often give truncated justifications for their activities as economists out of fear that ‘ethical’

considerations will render their conclusions unscientific.”

a. Do you agree with this view?

b. How might the presentation of economics change if economists did not have that fear?