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As for zeitgeist, I know - after all I was born in Germany

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My bad.

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i was just kidding

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“this geist needs a new zeit” / love it, gonna steal it

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Wait, I may have it backwards. The Zeit Needs a New Geist.

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It’s reversible - in any case and either way, it’s cute - on a more serious note I am truly enjoying your blog and cited your “fake Nobel Prize in economics” piece in my new book. I hope you have a ton of subscribers. People need to be exposed to your thinking.

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Zeitgeist is "era + spirit" and I wanted to say this age needs a new spirit, rather than this spirit needs a new age.

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Got it

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Economics is not a profession. Being a profession requires a code of ethics, and economics has none (a “code of conduct” is not the same thing). Previous attempts to develop a code of ethics have been abandoned, as ethics is outside the domain of neoclassical analysis!

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It's a fair cop.

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Stephanie Kelton is a worthwhile source for the reality of economics, as well as.

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