Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote:
Economists were also "handmaidens" in the USSR where the Invisible hand was
truly invisible.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss
Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2006 4:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [Futurework] Galbraith and economics
Economists are the "handmaidens" of the system within which they operate.
Mere puppets of the Invisible Hand, huh? And who invented the Invisible Hand?
Isn't this a long story of the transformation of Europe from the feudal
system
to the early modern era, and then the "industrial revolution" (forcible
enclosure, etc.)....
This is a job for someone like Fernand Braudel!
\brad mccormick
Duh!
Chris
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