Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:32:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
Subject: Re: capital (fwd)


Nah. Economics destroys the imagination - if the economist had one in the 
first place. As the joke goes, economists are people who are good with 
figures who don't have the personality to be accountants. Or as the other 
joke goes, economists are those people who talk in other people's sleep.

Doug

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On Thu, 22 Sep 1994, Jonathan P. Beasley-Murray wrote:

> This came up in the deleuze-guattari list.  Any "economists with 
> imagination" out there?
> 
> Jon
> 
> Jon Beasley-Murray
> Literature Program
> Duke University
> jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 19:59 GMT
> From:UI234-AT-LAMPETER.AC.UK
> To: DELEUZE-GUATTARI <DELEUZE-GUATTARI-AT-world.std.com>
> Subject: capital
> 
> CAPITAL - ECONOMICS . . . 
> 
> Can anyone recommend anything on Capital/economics, or does anyone want to
> discuss these topics. I'm after something that uses an image of capital as 
> an autonomous creation, a form of non-rational artificial intelligence 
> (unconscious drives rather than the usual cartesian rational reasoning
> processes), something analogue to the state (another non-rational entity
> artificially created that is now outside the control of one particular
> individual or group of individuals). 
> 
> I'm not after specifically deleuze-guattari although such references would
> obviously be of interest . . .  is there a wider discussion? . . . economists
> with imagination?! . . .
> 
> If you know of any other lists that could help please forward this message.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John. 
> UI234-AT-Lampeter.ac.uk
> 
> 
> 


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