tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071098089153600904.post3015386132786499906..comments2023-11-02T07:31:47.448-04:00Comments on Austrian Economics and Literature: Cantor InterviewTroy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071098089153600904.post-76980734372116768732011-05-13T15:45:48.801-04:002011-05-13T15:45:48.801-04:00Perhaps the two -- his assumptions about people an...Perhaps the two -- his assumptions about people and society and his economics not working out -- aren't unrelated. :-)<br /><br />And you don't have to tell the M.A. in English and Ph.D. in the humanities who does his scholarly work using evolution and Austrian economics about what doesn't go over well among English and humanities professors. ;-)Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071098089153600904.post-55205732156189970132011-05-13T15:31:48.610-04:002011-05-13T15:31:48.610-04:00being a contemporary Marxist literary critic is &q...being a contemporary Marxist literary critic is "like writing on literature and astronomy from a Ptolemaic perspective."<br /><br />Completely true! Once again people fail to see the fundamental issue. Perhaps it isn't that his economics don't work out but that his assumptions about people and society don't work out. Try arguing that with most English professors... I can tell you, it doesn't go over too well.Gabrielle Shinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828330139052637300noreply@blogger.com