A theoretical explanation of the foundations of a modern model of neoclassical equilbrium, tolerance and the good society
What I omitted to say in reference to the ideology of "tolerance" Jim Devine asked about, is that what this really refers to is "negotiability", i.e. the idea that "everything is negotiable". The implications of this could be explored through a process of reasoning by which reality and logic could be linked through the meaning of words. As you know, I am not a professional economist, but I will try my best, and regret that my formalisation is not as good as it could be, because I am still a bit stuck about the question of the market rationality of variable P (see below, premiss 74). As a result there may be some hidden premisses which ought to be spelled out, but this problem could be solved I think, through additional ideological work. (1) rationality, morality, certainty, knowledge and the market are desirable goods which attract consumer preference. (2) tolerance is a moral virtue, and intolerance is a moral vice. (3) intolerance equals the refusal to negotiate, the refusal to make compromises or concessions or accommodations, the refusal to take other viewpoints into account. (4) tolerance equals willingness to trade in the market place and negotiate a price, prepared to "give and take" in the marketplace. (5) negotiability is an intrinsic market characteristic, because all trade involves negotiation. (6) if the market expands, tolerance increases, because more people are willing to negotiate more prices, i.e. the amount of negotiability and negotiable behaviour increases. (7) intolerance is an unwillingness to adjust behaviour to the market. (8) tolerance is always desirable because it is a moral virtue, and intolerance is undesirable because it is a moral vice. (9) Non-toleration is necessary of intolerance of the existence and expansion of the market, i.e. the attachment of prices to resources, and trade in those resources. (10) a tolerant person is an economic actor who negotiates, who is prepared to negotiate, or is a good negotiator in the marketplace (11) the market creates a morality of tolerance. (12) Moral virtues can be deduced from any commercial behaviour. (13) commercial behavour and the market itself, defines what it means to be moral. (14) if somebody is being intolerant, the cause is a refusal to negotiate, an unwillingness to trade. (15) it is always possible in a free market to negotiate a price somehow. (16) if (15) is true, negotiation in the market place is always possible through appropriate exercise of consumer preference and investment decisions. (17) intolerance is an arbitrary resistance to the market, a failure to adjust behaviour to the market, the failure to negotiate a price, the unwillingness to "shop around". (18) all behaviour which lead to market expansion is non-arbitrary, rational and moral behaviour, because it increases tolerance. (19) the existence and expansion of the market equals the existence and expansion of tolerance, morality, rationality etc. (20) the removal of the market equals the disappearance of tolerance, morality and rationality. (21) a tolerant, rational moral actor equals a market actor and participate from the market (22) an intolerant, irrational and immoral actor equals a non-market actor not participating in the market. (23) tolerance, rationality, morality and the market are necessary conditions for each other. (24) if human life is marketised, then it consists essentially in "shopping around" with an open mind, and moral behaviour consists in exercising consumer preferences and investment decisions through negotiation, with an attitude of tolerance. (25) rationality in moral market behaviour is assured by market prices providing a universal, shared and objective yardstick expressing human valuations, enabling means and ends to be linked in a non-arbitrary way on the basis of objective knowledge of prices. (26) Prices express quantities which signify human values. (27) if human values are expressed through prices, they permit reasoning through mathematical calculation. (28) mathematical logic is based on theorems which hold true at all times and places. (29) the market can express human values in a rational way in all times and places through prices evaluated through mathematical calculation. (30) Market expansion involves the growth of mathematical calculation (31) market expansion results in the growth of mathematics. (32) "market uncertainty" and "market knowledge" can ultimately only be mathematically resolved. (33) The growth of mathematics is equivalent to the growth of certainty and the growth of knowledge. (34) being a mathematician means a commitment to rationality, morality, tolerance, certainty, knowledge and the market. (35) mathematics constitutes the highest expression of rationality, morality, tolerance, certainty and the market. (36) we should all aiom to be excellent mathematicians (37) market expansion and its many moral virtues 9the growth of morality), is conditional on mathematisation. (38) if market rigidities or uncertainties occur in negotiation processes due to intolerance, mathematics can ensure tolerance. (39) Mathematics is the ultimate arbiter or epistemic authority of the market process. (40) mathematics defines what tolerance is. (41) being tolerant means being mathematical. (42) ultimately mathematics equals tolerance. (43) mathematics cannot tolerate intolerance to mathematics. (44) The growth of tolerance is conditional on the rejection of the intolerance to mathematics. (45) To ensure that a mathematician will always be tolerant, a condition must be satisfied so that he will be. (46) Either mathematics is inherently tolerant and ensures that a mathematician will always be tolerant, or this is not the case. (47) a mathematician cannot always be tolerant, because the foundations of mathematics contain theorems which are non-negotiable (Thus, for example, in number theory, 1 + 1 must always equal 2, and that is not something we can negotiate about). (48) there is an ultimate barrier to market expansion and tolerance, which consists in mathematical theorems which themselves are not negotiable by the definition of mathematical terms. (49) If price can always be negotiated, this ultimately assumes mathematical theorems which are non-negotiable. (50) If non-negotiable mathematical theorems are not accepted, negotiation, tolerance and the market break down. (51) There exist competing interpretations of mathematical theorems which cannot be resolved, for example, because there are certain unknowns or because the meaning, consequences or application of theorems cannot be fully specified. (52) it is imperative to ensure that the market and tolerance do not break down. (53) faith is necessary in the ultimate capacity of mathematics to resolve these problems. (54) it is necessary to have a tolerance of the faith in the ultimate capacity of mathematics to resolve these problems. (55) the ultimate capacity of mathematics to resolve these problems depends on a common belief in God. (56) the existence and expansion of the market is conditional on ensuring and maintaining a common belief in God. (57) it is God who ultimately ensures and maintains tolerance. (58) becsue tolerance is a necessary condition for market activity, God ultimates ensure the operation of the market (59) there are competing interpretations of God which are irresolvable. (60) faith is necessary in God, to resolve competing interpretations of God (61) it is imperative to do everything possible to promote the faith in God. (62) the existence and expansion of the market is ultimately conditional on the existence and growth of the faith in God. (63) the more faith in God there is, the more the existence of the market is guaranteed, the more market expansion can occur, and the more market certainty there is. (64) promoting the market is equal to promoting the common faith in God. (65) the promotion of a common faith in God can occur through the promotion and growth of religious institutions, and an increase in ecumenical negotiation between different faiths. (66) All impediments to the promotion and growth of religious institutions, and an increase in ecumenical negotiation between different faiths, must be removed. (67) if all impediments were removed through a process of tolerant negotiation, then only one religious institution remains expressing the common faith in God. (68) If (26) is true, and given that prices are themselves expressed in money units, the ultimate expression of religious unity must be a universal monetary currency. (69) ultimately the existence and expansion of tolerance, negotiability, morality, rationality, the market, certainty, knowledge and a common faith in God depends on the emergence of a universal currency, a world money. (70) the emergence of world money ultimately requires some kind of fusion between religious institutions and the faith in money, such that the common faith in God grows hand-in-hand with the growth in the common faith in money, i.e. commerce and religion must be somehow fused, such that they become one and the same thing, and are internalised by human beings as such. (71) Anthropological research suggests the solution of (70), given preceding premises, is the world's "oldest profession", namely prostitution, which ties all terms together in a unitary framework for human behaviour. (72) Increasing the common faith in God and money through fusing religion and commerce, must involve the modification of human behaviour such that prostitution is universalised. (73) If the modification of human behaviour occurs such that prostitution is universalised, the good society is likewise realised. (74) the whole foregoing premises can be summarised in an equilibrium equation such that if equilibrium = E, tolerance = T, negotiability = N, morality is = M1, rationality = R, the market = M2, certainty = C, common faith in God = G1, world money = W, prostitution = P, and the good society = G2, then E=T=N=M1=R= M2=C= G1=W=P=G2, from which it follows that T=P, G=P, C=G and so forth and so on. (75) this equilibrium equation states a tautology, but these terms really refer to variables which are based on different aspects of human behaviour. (76) the relationship between quantitative magnitudes of terms such as T, N, M1 and so forth could vary. Thus, for example, the amount of tolerance might not exactly equal the amount of negotiability, for example, because of the insufficient magnitude of G1. (77) in the real world, it is really the quantitative relationship between the variables stated in (74) which ought to be explored, based on faith in mathematics. (78) the equilibrium equation stated in (74) refers only to an ideal situation which ought to be approximated (79) the challenge is to arrive at the ideal situation stated in (74) by means of relating their magnitudes in a harmonious way. (80) If variables T, N, M1, R, M2, C, G1, W, P, and G2 exist universally, then they are constants, and then the equation does hold true. (81) The conditions for world equilibrium are stated adequately in (74), the task now is to achieve it. Jurriaan
