tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4952368296887077473..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Happy birthday Carl Menger, founder of causal-realist economicsPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-41260771485609195922015-02-26T11:51:06.846+13:002015-02-26T11:51:06.846+13:00But you're talking about the political editor ...But you're talking about the political editor of a major television news network!<br /><br />My philosophy degree is in the bag, my son is old enough for me to try to unstall my 2/3 complete economics degree. I've been looking at the papers on offer and despairing.<br /><br />http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/future-undergraduates/fu-study-options/our-degree-majors/economics-1/economics-courses-1.html<br /><br />Development of the International Economy?<br />East Asian Growth and Trade?<br /><br />I could go some inspiration. Where's the light?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315796390662297759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-37629483099581892432015-02-26T09:28:00.212+13:002015-02-26T09:28:00.212+13:00Actually, Rick, the same professor who taught Jenn...Actually, Rick, the same professor who taught Jennings (and others) Menger is still there, and still inspiring students.<br /><br />And you can't expect Gower to know anything about Manger, or anything about anything at all. The boychild barely knows enough to pick his nose.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-66590335469911136602015-02-26T08:44:12.517+13:002015-02-26T08:44:12.517+13:00Followed the link to Gower's (Ug, that guy...)...Followed the link to Gower's (Ug, that guy...) article about Stephen Jennings. Nothing in there I can see to suggest he knows and appreciates Menger's lot as opposed to being a successful opportunist of toppling empires. Indeed, one only a few smart moves away from being 'either in jail or exile.'<br /><br />What bothers me more is more personal. Jennings sprung into this squashbuckling life by way of an Auckland Economics degree in the early '80s. That can't happen now! Anyone with an enthusiasm for Menger , von Mises, Reisman, or Brown are doomed. They'll find no support and will be "tested" (Ayn Rand calls it in your earlier post) into bitterly turning away from economics by their peers, their professors, and the mad and BORING course content. Courses offered at AU must have been pretty different 30 years ago because that gate, Jenning's gate, is now firmly closed.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315796390662297759noreply@blogger.com