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Mainstream economics is perfectly correct — and totally useless

Mainstream economics is perfectly correct — and totally useless A balloonist, lost, sees someone walking down a country lane. The balloonist lowers the balloon and shouts down to the the walker: — Where am I? — About 20 feet above the ground, comes the reply. After a moment’s pondering, the balloonist says: — You must be an economist. — How did you know? — Your information is perfectly correct — and totally useless. Timothy Brennan

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Funeral Ikos

[embedded content] If thou hast shown mercy unto man, o man, that same mercy shall be shown thee there; and if on an orphan thou hast shown compassion, that same shall there deliver thee from want. If in this life the naked thou hast clothed, the same shall give thee shelter there, and sing the psalm: Alleluia.           A life without the music of people like John Tavener and Arvo Pärt would be unimaginable.

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