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)