He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see; or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
https://cdn.mises.org/Principles%20of%20Economics_5.pdf
... to comment there on the value of mathematical exposition of economic doctrines. The general tone of the review as well as his objection to the fact that the authors in his opinion “use the mathematical method not only as a means of exposition but as a means of research” confirms the general impression that he did not consider it as particularly useful.
It is somewhat difficult to believe now that Menger was the first to base the distinction between free and economic goods on the idea of
scarcity. But, as he himself says, while the very concept was not known in the English literature, the German authors who had used it
before him, and particularly Hermann, had all been trying to base the distinction on the presence or absence of cost in the sense of effort.
But, very characteristically, while all of Menger’s analysis is grounded on the idea of scarcity, this simple term is nowhere used. “Insufficient
quantity” or “das ökonomische Mengenverhältnis” are the very exact but somewhat cumbersome expressions which he uses instead.
Actually, he tended to conservatism or liberalism of the old type. He was not without sympathy for the movement
for social reform, but social enthusiasm would never interfere with his cold reasoning...
The difficulties we have encountered may be attributed in part to the fact that Menger was a pioneer attempting to express ideas
and concepts for which he could find no exact words in the German economic literature of his day.
One day they will get to Mises and the Master Builder Dilemma already written as Human Action.
Utility.
Taxpayers don't have a say in stopping fraud, waste and abuse. Since 1958 at a minimum locally and in detail 1840.
Cluster B Longhouse psychopathology. Antagonistic, performative, accusatory, & frankly delusional.
Pronouns in bio. Unstable.
https://t.co/YioG8rjB9K
Never will the FCC agency issue Gramsci marching branch eradicate NPR funding as you wait for defunding from the captured uniparty dolts.
