[lbo-talk] Economics drivel

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> All I know is that my bullshit detector goes berserk every 
> time I hear an economist speak. I suspect they are 
> deliberately trying to confuse us about things which are 
> really quite simple and can't help suspecting if perhaps the 
> intended function of the profession is not simply that of 
> smoke-screen and camouflage?
> 
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas

Exactly.  But speaking incomprehensible jargon prevents the riff raff
from criticizing the brahmins.  Take away that, and the "utlity
function" becomes a "drop in a bucket"  , "opportunity cost" becomes a
"bird in hand is better than two on a bush" and similar all too familiar
common sense cliches.  This is a sure way for a Joe Schmoe saying "I do
not need an overpaid brahmin to tell me that."  

Wojtek