dismal science

Etymology
, a play on.

Noun

 * 1)  Economics or the field of political economy.
 * 2) * 1973, William R. Doerner, "‘Crypto Servants’ and Socialism (review of Economics and the Public Purpose by John Kenneth Galbraith)," Time, 8 Oct.:
 * Galbraith has managed to write with wit and style about the ‘dismal science’ of economics.
 * Galbraith has managed to write with wit and style about the ‘dismal science’ of economics.