Title: Re: Jim Craven review of "Economics as Religion" (from Marxmail)
That's a contradiction in liberalism that's as old as Hobbes and Locke:
invidualism is wonderful, so they say, until it starts undermining the
system that allows individualism to reign. I don't
John Henry had a more positive review of the book, in that it showed the
contradictory nature of neo-liberal thought. Individualism is supposedly
good, but too much individualism is destructive.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5
"Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond" by Robert H.
Nelson, Penn State Press, N.Y., 2001
When I bought this book it was shrink-wrapped to prevent examining its
contents prior to purchase. I should have remembered my own axiom: "If it
is shrink-wrapped to prevent examination
