"Brave New World" or "the Soul of Man underSocialism"?(wasRe:Desire & Scarcity)

Michael Yates mikey+ at pitt.edu
Mon Jan 31 06:15:30 PST 2000


Daniel,

I was making a joke. My training as an economist was pretty worthless. 25 classes of supply and demand! Economics as the science of choice making. Unlimited wants and scarce means! It took me awhile to unlearn it all.

Michael Yates

"Daniel F. Vukovich" wrote:


> Michael,
>
> My goodness, I did not mean to imply you were not "trained"! That remark
> came in the context of a comment on the fact that, despite the name
> calling, etc., I like this list and learn from it and am "happy to be
> here." I was trying to downplay our differences or our
> non-communication, and to show that I was not, in fact, being melodramatic,
> as you accused.
> snip



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