I took an economics course in college.

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ER — 12/14/2024 5:41:20 AM (archived)

I didn't particularly disagree with my teachers, I just detected in them an unconscious effort to convince not just me, but themselves, that this wasn't "the way things are", but that it was the "way things had to be". Or maybe I should say "this is the way things OUGHT to be".

Marx was very familiar with Adam Smith. He cited him frequently.

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Yo, Pod. - ER - 12/12/2024 9:51:39 PM
- The Great Courses sounds like something I think I will do - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2024 11:41:00 PM
  - Check it out - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2024 12:20:05 AM
    - 'Economics' is not a science. Its more like religion. - ER - 12/13/2024 3:51:47 PM
      - If you're going to axe Economics, you might as well take down the study of History while you're at it. n/t - RobVG - 12/14/2024 7:06:34 PM
        
        WHOA Nellie. Thanks for bringing that up! - ER - 12/14/2024 10:04:09 PM
        
        Sigh - BuckGalaxy - 12/16/2024 3:48:54 AM
      - Your post is utterly absurd and highlights in bold what you don't know you don't know. - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2024 8:50:37 PM
        
        That was a bit too harsh. - BuckGalaxy - 12/14/2024 1:44:08 AM
        
        Not to worry. - ER - 12/14/2024 5:04:47 AM
        
        There are no true pure capitalist or marxist economies, and there probably never has been - BuckGalaxy - 12/14/2024 5:31:05 AM
        
        I took an economics course in college. - ER - 12/14/2024 5:41:20 AM
        
        That's the rub - BuckGalaxy - 12/14/2024 5:49:34 AM
        
        Economic failures are due to flaws in human nature. - RobVG - 12/14/2024 7:09:11 PM
        
        Not always - BuckGalaxy - 12/17/2024 10:53:49 PM
        
        Thsi discussion really doesn't belong here. My bad for getting it rolling. - BuckGalaxy - 12/14/2024 5:50:13 AM
        
        Nowadays, any discussion on the Zone is welcomed... n/t - RobVG - 12/14/2024 7:10:07 PM
        
        yup. - podrock - 12/15/2024 10:20:13 PM
      - A now infamous quote - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2024 8:47:10 PM

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