Commentary Economics is about human action and choice within the context of scarcity. The problem facing economists is how to understand and explain human betterment, which is another way of saying production. The critical question, posed correctly by economist Per Bylund, starts with scarcity as the default point for understanding purposive human behavior: Anti-economics, by contrast starts with abundance and works backwards. It emphasizes redistribution, not production, as its central focus. At the heart of any anti-economics is a positivist worldview, the assumption that individuals and economies can be commanded by legislative fiat. Markets, which happen without centralized organization, give way to planning in the same way common law gives way to statutory law. This view is especially prevalent among left intellectuals, who view economics not as a science at all but rather a pseudo-intellectual exercise to justify capital and wealthy business interests. Anti-economics is not new; even alchemy might be considered …