When one person doesn't understand economics, we call it ignorance. When millions don't, we call it a political movement.
Some people political movements prioritize other stuff, but you can't get elected by saying that you don't care about the economy, it would be a political suicide. Therefore they claim that by a happy coincidence their ideas about the stuff they prioritize and economics prescribe the same solutions.
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