Economists are handy in almost any subject area where a practical statistical analysis needs to be made of real world data. Given the data that climatology uses appears to be large statical data sets, an economists is very worthwhile to have on a team study climate change. While they an economist may not be able to determine why something is happening, they will be able to tell you if statistical data supports the hypothesis.

I understand your comment but none of those calamities are exclusive to free market or government.

It's a long fail.

For the curious, yet uninformed, which event in scientific discovery occurred 200 years ago? Please do not say Darwin's Theory of Evolution because the second voyage of the Beagle did not occur until 1831; "On the Origin of Species" did not occur until 1859.

Go to Canada and wait two weeks to see the doctor for the broken ankle. By the way, it is common for the bone to have to be rebroken to get it set properly. Go Universal Healthcare.

Yea, but the government has the authority to use force. Disney can loop "It's a Small World." Pick your poison.

If subpar technology faded, then we would all be running Alpha processors instead of x86.