Philosophical Meanderings

We don't interact through objectivities. Words, thoughts, and actions are all open to interpretation and representation. Economics - of the mainstream, formal type - presents itself as the "real" story of human material interactions. But I think that there is more to the story. Existing on the margins are numerous economic conversations, with each person voicing and different interpretation of economy. These different conversation don't mask a universal motive nor do they reveal a universal method. The world is messy. To begin to understand everything under the umbrella of "economic," we should being to listen to what people are saying, instead of putting rational, self-interested words in their mouths...