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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:04:49 -0400 |
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>I'm saying that when Chomsky discusses 'economics'I'm led to believe that
I'm listening to a bitter, angry and Puritanical old man who's had a cushy
academic career and never been cold or hungry except for perhaps a trip to a
ski lodge.
"What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to
acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass." -- August Strindberg, 1884
"...bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups"
-- Paul Krugman (Economist)
"The problem with the capitalist or the neoclassical economist (or Harvard
political scientist) isn't that they use a conceptual toolbox suited to
their needs. We all do that. It is that the capitalists' needs-to maximize
their profits and power regardless of the impact on others--are vile and
immoral. And the neoclassical economists' or political scientist's needs--to
first rationalize the system, and only then, not violating that precept, to
understand it-are duplicitous and manipulative." -- Michael Albert
"Democracy means deceive people into doing what the rich want, and markets
(capitalism) means make sure the public subsidize the rich." -- Noam Chomsky
That's all I got to say about that.
Milutin
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Terror's tha product ya push
Well I'm a truth addict
Oh shit I gotta headrush
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