Capitalist Propaganda: Language Manipulation in Economics Courses
The second half of Richard Wolff’s radio interview on this link contains a discussion with economist Michael Hudson about natural language and mathematical manipulation of basic economics courses. Hudson seems to be an economic institutionalist, like Thorstein Veblen and Wolff and is, of course, a Marxist. What would really be good is if the two of them discussed their differences about Marx. Maybe another time.
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About The Author
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books:
From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning
Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World
Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn
Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized
He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.