Was the following message a joke? On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, Evan Jones - 448 - 3063 wrote: > I am curious as to how Mike Meeropol can teach in an economics > department within a program labelled 'cultures past and present'. > My understanding is that economists have no concept of 'culture', or > at best a wizened theoreticist one associated with ' economic man and > the market'. > But certainly no concept of cultures past, or the way in which they > continue to influence the present. > Would Mike M like to explain what wierd things go in in western Mass. > Is it merely an excuse to some industrial archeology in the > birthplace of American industry? > > Evan Jones Economics Sydney univ >
