tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post8440152245860818469..comments2024-03-29T00:30:39.262-05:00Comments on real economics: Sometimes even Republicans get itJonathan Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-9355540211112044942012-03-30T10:12:53.304-05:002012-03-30T10:12:53.304-05:00Interesting point! I often use 1899 as the point ...Interesting point! I often use 1899 as the point of peak intellectualism because that's when Veblen's "The Theory of the Leisure Class" was published. I have also argued that 1916 could have been a peak because that was the last year before we got sucked into WW I and doing Britain's imperial dirty work. I can also accept 1969 because of Apollo 11. But I am pretty certain the peak is not now.<br /><br />We will try to keep up the good fight—even though it sometimes gets pretty depressing. Thanks for the cheer!Jonathan Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-38087718014618221212012-03-30T09:34:40.446-05:002012-03-30T09:34:40.446-05:001859...that year may do well for marking 'Peak...1859...that year may do well for marking 'Peak Intellectualism.' By this I'll assert this as the era where an intellectual was most appreciated and regarded, that even political and religious institutions knew they needed to develop intellect, knowledge and understanding, to create and expand concepts like 'the gentleman.'<br /><br />But I suppose I'm just being romantic, that each era has their intellects and their deniers, and society's daunting task is to somehow nuture the deniers into becoming reality-based decisionmakers in an endless war against the human nature of easy, lazy, predatory, and stupid.<br /><br />Keep up the good fight Tony and Jonathan.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252804186064393926noreply@blogger.com