October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
8h 21m
English
Keynes was interested in the behavior of commodities, while I was interested in the behavior of people.
I do not accept the basic premise on which economics as a discipline is based and without which it cannot be sustained. I do not accept that the economic sphere is an independent sphere, let alone that it is the dominant one. It is surely an important sphere. And as Bertolt Brecht said, “first comes the belly and then morality”—and filling the belly is what economics is all about in the main. I not only am willing but insist that in all political and social decisions the economic costs are calculated and taken into account. To talk only of “benefits,” I consider irresponsible and bound to lead ...
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