sickboy
Active Member
Interesting blog. stdreb, I'm sure you'll have lots to chime in about this one.
http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/s...lpractice.html
We appear to be at a political impasse because the idea that “government is the problem” has become entrenched. A moral philosophy pretending to be a science devoid of normative judgment has aided and abetted that idea by elevating efficiency above any other possible moral or even economic consideration. The result is that many in the US and in the world who lack the math acumen to appreciate the subtleties of economic theory stand enthralled by sound bites derived from a handful of dead economists and one dead president.
Economics provided the theory and language that supported the drive to the ditch we find ourselves in. We did it by allowing economics to become divorced from moral philosophy. Now the economy is on life support and most people in this democracy can’t tell the “difference between cynical posturing and serious economic argument,” but they can and will vote.
If economists were physicians, we would be sued for malpractice.
http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/s...lpractice.html
We appear to be at a political impasse because the idea that “government is the problem” has become entrenched. A moral philosophy pretending to be a science devoid of normative judgment has aided and abetted that idea by elevating efficiency above any other possible moral or even economic consideration. The result is that many in the US and in the world who lack the math acumen to appreciate the subtleties of economic theory stand enthralled by sound bites derived from a handful of dead economists and one dead president.
Economics provided the theory and language that supported the drive to the ditch we find ourselves in. We did it by allowing economics to become divorced from moral philosophy. Now the economy is on life support and most people in this democracy can’t tell the “difference between cynical posturing and serious economic argument,” but they can and will vote.
If economists were physicians, we would be sued for malpractice.