Economics strikes back, also.

[raven]

I have been reading them both for three days, but I cannot find a difference between the economic policies of Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes.

I officially fail at life.

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[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

I had a similar difficulty with the political views of Hobbes and Locke. People keep telling me that they aren't trying to argue the same point, but it sure as hell looks like it to me...

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Argh, I spent the whole of last week reading Hobbes and have no idea whatsoever what points he was making, so I do feel that pain.

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

Since I was doing them as a lit student I was vaguely supposed to be looking at how they used different kinds of language to get their points accross. As far as I could tell, that was the same too. Dense, biblical, dead-white-and-male, and generally unreadable.

Ah well. Tis seventh week. You're nearly there now.
xx

[amchau.livejournal.com]

My theory is that they both believed in people having plenty of space to live and concrete cows, and that when they had a son (work with me here...) he built a whole city and named it after his parents-- hence Milton Keynes. Milton is the east side, and Keynes is the west side, so the difference in their polices must be that all Milton's books lean slightly to the right while all Keynes' books lean slightly to the left. Politically or literally, you take my pick.

(P.S. This post brought to you by the frame of mind which gave the world "the TARDIS has no trousers".)

[me-and.livejournal.com]

/me is very amused

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* I love that on Wiki, Keynes is in both the "British economists" and "gay writers" categories. Bless the man, and bless his mpreg baby, and bless you too!

all Milton's books lean slightly to the right while all Keynes' books lean slightly to the left.

*is ded* Brilliance, I tell you.

[onceinafullmoon.livejournal.com]

might i suggest www.tutor2u.net - i do economics a level - this helps me a lot may be of some use ?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Sadly, A-level economics is very rarely of use at this stage. There's not enough of a mathematical basis to it.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Also, may I metaquote this?

[amchau.livejournal.com]

*looks round to check you're actually talking to me*

I would be honoured.

*faints from overdose of honour*

[quackaquacka.livejournal.com]

Iona!

Are you interested in doing/would you be able to do Collectormania in September/October? Sam and I want to go, and we were wondering if you'd be able to come.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Sadly I can't, for the next two years! It's the weekend that I move back into college!