Carlyle puts the view that 'work' is morally good and that if a "Black man" will not voluntarily work for the wages then prevailing he should be compelled to work. He writes of those who argued that the forces of supply and demand rather than physical coercion should regulate the labour market that: "the Social Science ... which finds the secret of this Universe in supply and demand and reduces the duty of human governors to that of letting men alone ... is a dreary, desolate, and indeed quite abject and distressing one; what we might call ... the dismal science"
In short, economics became the dismal science because everyone is treated as equally important and defends the right to pursue happiness regardless of the manner in which society views them. Slaves, CEO's, and Mexican immigrants all receive equal treatment for their role in society from the economist.
