tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post1299728326850323549..comments2023-11-08T12:09:20.020-05:00Comments on Prove Me Wrong: So Who Was Right About VietnamJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-25980937992082168982013-08-28T10:48:24.703-04:002013-08-28T10:48:24.703-04:00Thanks Paul, and as you probably know I think that...Thanks Paul, and as you probably know I think that is correct. I personally believe that the economics profession, since it is not really constrained by test and real world facts, to a large degree is a means of justifying the wealth of the currently wealthy. Kind of like Kings used to not only sustain their wealth through force, they also tried to justify their wealth in the eyes of their subjects. Like they are chosen by the gods or whatever. They need a priestly class to spread that message, and that's the function served by economists today. The Walton family does none of the work and gets the largest share of the money. So much money they couldn't even figure out how to spend it in several lifetimes. And that is right. That is just. That is freedom. And it's good for you too. Good for the peasants in Bangladesh. And if you don't go along, that's when they bring in guns.<br /><br />I think it was Milton Friedman that popularized the idea of economics as science. Yes, it was all just as well. And when they didn't see it that way in Chile they brought in the guns. Then Arentina, Brazil, and so on. Economists are the justification for that violence. And today it continues.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-80838269485032796572013-08-27T14:36:07.266-04:002013-08-27T14:36:07.266-04:00Hey Jon -
This has nothing to do w/ the topic.
I...Hey Jon -<br /><br />This has nothing to do w/ the topic. <br />I came across this editorial that I think you would find interesting.<br /><br />http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/what-is-economics-good-for/?smid=tw-share&_r=0<br /><br />HP - if you are lurking I think you may be interested in it as well.<br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278834635241999491noreply@blogger.com