Devil’s dung
from David Ruccio
Pope Francis’s recent references to money as the “dung of the devil” (or, alternatively, the “devil’s dung“) brought to mind lots of different references (from the etymology of dung in terms of different classes of workers to Freud’s tale of the devil whose gifts of money turn to excrement upon his leaving).
But, at the suggestion of a friend [ht: ja], I also began to imagine how we might retitle basic economics courses in a Catholic university. Consider the following:
Econ 101—Mephistopheles’ Market Manure
Econ 102:—Satanic Sewers of National Economies
or just get right to the point,
all intro-level courses—Beezelbub’s Bourgeois Bullshit
Any other suggestions?
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Edward Fullbrook and Jamie Morgan
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Maria Alejandra Madi / Jack Reardon
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Edward Fullbrook and Jamie Morgan
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Real-World Economics Review Blog 
Considering previous statements I think that the Pope refers to the monetary policy. If this is the case the contribution to a new syllabus seems to make the point.
I really liked the third suggestion for all intro classes. So for us economists here some ways in which we should rename our profession:
Excrementologists
Bullshit Artists
Evil doers
Devil’s advocates
Dung experts
Environmental economists, could also be re labelled as excrement recyclers
:)