[lbo-talk] Evolutionary theory is tautological

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Sean Johnson Andrews wrote:
> [not sure what people think of Galbraith, but woudl be interested to see
>what folks here have to say about this piece, which ran in the last Mother
>Jones.  I thought it interesting, but don't know how accurate it is as
>intellectual history (or how derivitive).  Fun nonetheless.]

I've never gotten why these EE types want economics to be an evolutionary 
science instead of simply an historical science.  Any Veblenians around to 
'splain it?

Also, unrelatedly, does anyone have access to subscriber content at the 
Weekly Standard?  Write me offlist.  Thanks.

Jenny Brown