Saturday, December 28, 2019

Economic Man

I worked in a support role for over twenty years for Investment Bankers, the ultimate Economic Man. I know them well. As humans, Economic Man is a travesty, the fact our current society is run by and on the principles of their philosophy is what gives us Trump and the current GOP, that and a lot of racism.  Tom Sullivan can explain it better than I can, if any interest go read  Hullabaloo

ken

P.S. My degree is in Economics, it doesn't have to be this way.





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  1. Anonymous1:26 AM

    I recommend reading "capital et idéologie" from Thomas Piketty.
    English translation (Capital and ideology) published by Harvard University Press.
    1198 pages (in French) but exciting reading.
    Sylvain

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  2. I'm a OK guy3:55 AM

    Thanks Sylvain,

    If I'm not mistaken it is in my Kindle queue. Of course the Kindle queue is forever :-). Maybe when I really do retire I can catch up.

    ken

    ken

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  3. Anonymous9:21 AM

    Just to avoid misunderstanding.
    This a newer one, not "Le Capital au XXI éme siècle" from 2013.
    Sylvain

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  4. I'm a OK guy6:24 PM

    Sylvain,

    I read "Capital in the 21st Century". The English version of "Capital and Ideology" will not be released until March. Thanks again for the heads up, I will pre-order a copy soon.

    ken

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  5. Steve D6:18 PM

    I would recommend "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins. I attended a talk he gave when the book was published and it's a fascinating story.

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