>The laws of economics have the kind of inevitability you expect from the laws of physics

Absolutely not- that is ridiculous.

Let's take "supply and demand" for example. Supply and demand only applies when you assume greed and capitalism. In a different social construct, the traditional supply & demand completely falls apart. But the problem is economics is presented as some sort of fact of nature. It just reinforces survival of the fittest instead of society that helps everyone.

Increasing prices because of demand is not the law of the land- it's a greed of humans that you normalize and make acceptable.