tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post5868894492970108318..comments2024-03-28T09:26:25.931+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: Easy Guide to Monetary PolicyLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-59462766088766251742012-06-14T05:18:16.428+10:002012-06-14T05:18:16.428+10:00I bought the Kindle version and downloaded it onto...I bought the Kindle version and downloaded it onto my iPad. His idea of money is more confusingly put than incoherent and the moralism only sometimes overrides the analysis. With some caveats--particularly about problems with terminology and consistency--I am finding it a deeply enlightening economic history.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-65881568819573285752012-06-12T11:25:56.315+10:002012-06-12T11:25:56.315+10:00You are safe, I did not take that implication ;)You are safe, I did not take that implication ;)Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-38406663582054379712012-06-12T11:25:29.492+10:002012-06-12T11:25:29.492+10:00Hi Peter
Had a glance at the first chapter. Moral...Hi Peter<br /><br />Had a glance at the first chapter. Moralism parading as analysis. Which is not to say he is not on to something. The Menger-Mises theory of the origins of money is pretty hopeless and not supported by the archaeological record. But he does not seem to have much idea of what money is.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-5154961857983747132012-06-11T15:25:45.411+10:002012-06-11T15:25:45.411+10:00p.s. Not that I'm implying you, yourself, are ...p.s. Not that I'm implying you, yourself, are on those types! :)Peter Pattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-10506493800360964312012-06-11T15:24:20.514+10:002012-06-11T15:24:20.514+10:00Hi Lorenzo. Apologies if you have already done so,...Hi Lorenzo. Apologies if you have already done so, but I think you'd get a real kick out of marxist/anarchist Anthropologist <i>Debt</i> by David Graeber. It has provoked ecstasy among Anglo-American leftist academic types.Peter Pattonnoreply@blogger.com