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dawgman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 12:43 AM
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I can't help but think of Malthus and Marx
Two people whose ideas were dismissed during my education as excellent minds with deeply flawed ideas.

I can't help but wonder when history will change it's collective mind on these two...
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 12:51 AM
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1. Thorstein Veblen too.
My macroeconomics prof dismissed him as a kook. I think he was right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen
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dawgman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 01:37 AM
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5. I have always loved the term
"conspicuous consumption" throw in the fact that is is from wisconsin and nordic and you have to love the guy. (pity for the wisconsin part as a minnesota native)
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 12:55 AM
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2. I think GD-P has run smack-dab into the Malthusian Wall
:D
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dawgman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 12:58 AM
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3. just so long
as no one forces me into a malthusian drill....
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 12:58 AM
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4. kick
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