Posted by: Jim
R.A.W. and Mencken on Economics, etc.
I just want to bring a couple of very interesting essays to your attention, both of which serve as useful correctives to the recent news coverage of the ‘financial crisis’.
The first is by one of my favourite people, the late Robert Anton Wilson. (If you haven’t read Prometheus Rising or Quantum Psychology yet, you really should). Here he looks at the relationship between schooling, sexual neuroses and economics, and the social implications thereof.
What I Didn’t Learn at College - Robert Anton Wilson (1961)
The second is from H. L. Mencken, that great repository of witty quotes. He basically takes the probably controversial (but perfectly sensible) approach of looking at the political economy of economics. Thanks to A Tiny Revolution for getting it online.
The Dismal Science - H. L. Mencken (1922) (It’s near the bottom of the page, you’ll have to scroll down)
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thank you SO MUCH for this issue of Robert Wilson. It’s awesome. Sometimes it was hard for me to understand it, but I have some friends, who teach english=).
He’s good isn’t he?
Glad you liked it Olga.
yes, he is very good. and it’s a story of my life, cuz I didn’t learn at college too) in russia we have no colleges, but we have universities, doesn’t matter. I didn’t learn at uni either)only 2 courses and it were probably the worst years of my life.
also, it’s strange, but the link is not working anymore. so here is this text from google cache:
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