Re: An idea

["Anthony D'Costa" <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is interesting that Jim brings up an aphorism of Joan Robinson, the
first one in fact in his message below, which I had used as an
argument in an essay submitted to a "left" wing journal.  Ironically
Joan Robinson was not accepted by one of the anonymous "leftie" referees
since she was in a way advocating capitalism.  There are two kinds of
lefties, soft and hard.  Joan Robinson belonged to the latter.

Anthony D'Costa

On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Jim Devine wrote:

> Someone should collect all of Joan Robinson's aphorisms into a
> book. You know, stuff like "the only thing worse than being
> exploited under capitalism is to not be exploited" (not an
> exact quote) and "time keeps everything from happening all
> at once" (ditto) and "In order to know anything, it is
> necessary to know everything, but in order to talk about
> anything it is necessary to neglect a great deal" (from
> "Rising Supply Price" ECONOMICA 1941).
>
> Along these lines, I really like the following:
> "Economics is the hard science of the humanities, and the astrology of the
> hard sciences." --Barry Jones (received over pen-l)
> but who is Barry Jones?
>
> sincerely,
>
> Jim Devine
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