Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote:
It is that economists are the bound up in the ideology of the economy in which
they operate. Views are usually representative of the political ideology.
Hence the original term: Political economy. A better description for the
activity.
I very much like the term "political economy".
I do not see any important difference between what "politicians" do and
what business "managers" do, except that what the former do is
obfuscated so that "people" think it is different and consequently
are happy to twiddle levers on voting machines at long intervals instead
of realizing they are being ripped off by the non-elected legislators
in corporate offices.
The relevant distinction, it seems to me, is between being an empowered
agent determining what the direction the ship is going, and being an
oarsperson.
Now, it is obvious that, until machines are able to move themselves (are
we still in the ante-kythera period?...),
someone has to person the oars, but unless the bosses (we do speak of
political "bosses", don't we?) either kill off or buy off (e.g., by
integrating into the bossitariat) all those below decks who are not
content to be there, there will be complainers and others....
\brad mccormick
Arthur
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Subject: RE: [Futurework] Galbraith and economics
In fact the right/wrong dichotomy probably doesn't easily apply in economics.
...because "you can't nail a pudding to the wall". One prefers chocolate
pudding, the other prefers raspberry pudding... who is wrong?
Those who think you can have the pudding and eat it too.
Chris
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