Not finished Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything or Kohei Saito's 人新世の資本論 but got wrapped up in #EnoughIsEnough. It keeps making me think of earlier work by #MichaelAlbert with #ParEcon #ParticipatoryEconomics, and even earlier writings by #BertrandRussel, #MortalsAndOthers. Back in 1933 we knew economists were morons:
"Economists were driven to abandon this.. ground by the indignation of the #GeneralPublic. "
but then we forgot and in 2011 students protest #Mankiw?
https://russell-j.com/PUB-PRIV.HTM

> Why is common sense wrong about public expenditure, when it would be right if only an individual were concerned?
> なぜ,個人の場合でさえあれば正しい常識が,公共支出の場合には誤りになるのだろうか？
https://russell-j.com/EXPEND-P.HTM
#BertrandRussel on #PublicSpending in 1932 essay among #MortalsAndOthers #和訳 #日本語 #翻訳

I was in the night-life part of town last night for the second time in ten years. It was nice, like visiting another city, but without the hassle of traveling more than 20 minutes. I ended up talking with a guy in the Live Piano bar, Mustache, and what with the Ukraine (and all the other State-sponsored catastrophe's like Afghanistan, Yemen Iraq...), Bertrand Russel came up...

https://russell-j.com/DESIRE-W.HTM
#BertrandRussel #DesireWar? #MortalsAndOthers