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> I don't care about the economy. It's impossible to care about 'the economy' because it doesn't exist. It's grist to economics' lit-crit, and as such there ar
by aussiesnack 4y ago
> I don't care about the economy.
It's impossible to care about 'the economy' because it doesn't exist. It's grist to economics' lit-crit, and as such there are as many imagined 'economies' as there are critics, but none maps on to natural kinds. One day there might be a science of some of the phenomena currently scrutinised by economists. It will be a branch of the ecological sciences.
- jamesdwilson 4y agoReally interesting perspective. Do you know of philosophers or economists that I could read that follow this line of thinking?
- aussiesnack 4y agoI honestly don't. My first degree was in philosophy, but it wasn't an area I focused on. I'd be surprised if no-one has done something on the topic more rigorous than fly-by internet comments by the likes of me - some of the heterodox economists perhaps? Or eco-philosophers? It's long been clear to me that the theoretical end of the economics spectrum doesn't supervene over real physical systems. It's a technically fancy adumbration of fictions (money etc). Historically-informed political economy is, of course, a different matter.
- jamesdwilson 4y agofascinating! please do go on, or if possible maybe you could suggest some keywords or links for us, i want to dive deep on this.