Re: on god & pen-l

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Subject: Re: on god & pen-l
From: Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:00:45 -0500

Michael Perelman wrote:

I consider economic theory to be a form of theology.  The market is
god.  We all
must obey her.


Not "the market"--that is a false god.  The "free and perfectly competitive
market"--that is the true god.  False and true gods have this in common:
there is no reason to believe that either exists.

Shane Mage

"This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is
and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out
in measures."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 30

References:
- on god & pen-l
  - From: Michael Perelman

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- on god & pen-l, Michael Perelman Fri 09 Mar 2007, 21:05 GMT
  - Re: on god & pen-l, Jim Devine Fri 09 Mar 2007, 21:22 GMT
    - Re: on god & pen-l, Michael Perelman Fri 09 Mar 2007, 22:11 GMT
      
      Re: on god & pen-l, Jim Devine Fri 09 Mar 2007, 22:14 GMT
  - Re: on god & pen-l, Shane Mage Fri 09 Mar 2007, 22:58 GMT
  - Re: on god & pen-l, Sandwichman Sat 10 Mar 2007, 00:52 GMT
- Privatization ad absurdum, Michael Perelman Fri 09 Mar 2007, 20:57 GMT
  - <Possible follow-up(s)>
  - Re: Privatization ad absurdum, David B. Shemano Fri 09 Mar 2007, 22:30 GMT
    - Re: Privatization ad absurdum, Eugene Coyle Fri 09 Mar 2007, 22:46 GMT

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