tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575042626763129889.post2500471739479255022..comments2023-09-23T08:56:47.362-07:00Comments on Grime and Reason: A call for skeptical consistency regarding political economy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575042626763129889.post-43459438539580969332013-10-02T09:41:29.040-07:002013-10-02T09:41:29.040-07:00Thanks for the reply. I don't doubt x does inf...Thanks for the reply. I don't doubt x does influence y here. That's part of the problem. What I reject is the study AND conclusions of political economy that is not founded on the correct scientific framework, namely complex adaptive systems. <br /><br />It isn't just the current orthodoxy of any particular country I object to. It is ALL established theories of political economy that have been incorporated as ruling ideologies.<br /><br />Regarding ideology-free debate. I regard it as a spectrum, and I think there is FAR more scope to head in the right direction. I would consider myself far more ideology-free than the majority, and the ideological constructs that are still apparent are sought out, examined, and recognised as the cultural pollution it is. Grimeandreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767103165109605622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575042626763129889.post-15369033030609315272013-08-31T10:00:46.341-07:002013-08-31T10:00:46.341-07:00I think you're confusing "political econo...I think you're confusing "political economy" (by your definition, 'the study and use of how economic theory and methods influences political ideology') with the current, orthodox theory which purports to be informed by political economy.<br />Your argument seems to reject "political economy" rather than what I think you mean, "the mainstream approach to the economy". To reject political economy is to reject the assertion that economic theory and methods have an influence on political ideology. <br />I don't think there's any doubt that x does influence y, the doubt should be in our current view of what exactly that influence is and how it works.<br />It sounds like you are rejecting the study of a field, because the field has come to wrong conclusions. Reject the conclusions, not the field.<br />Also, how can you even hope to illicit "ideology-free" debate? Unless you have an unusual definition of ideology, you must admit that one cannot be ideology-free.JSladdenhttp://facebook.com/JSladdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575042626763129889.post-45608283169396541132013-02-07T09:38:53.874-08:002013-02-07T09:38:53.874-08:00I'm glad you feel you can speak for what "...I'm glad you feel you can speak for what "the movement" needs. Not at all an indication of what I am talking about.<br />Grimeandreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767103165109605622noreply@blogger.com