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Prior to the twentieth century no one studied economics or political science apart from one another. The two were considered inseparable and were taught together as political economics throughout the universities of Europe and the US. The two are so intricately interpdependent that they cannot be separated without one or the other or both losing meaning. In the early part of the twentieth century, after witnessing what this association can do to motivate the thinking and actions of the working class in Europe, the US owning class pressured US educational universities and institutions to separate political economy into two separate and safer subjects, economics and political science. Under this false segregation, the economist is supposed to be totally objective with respect to economic consequences of political policies. In other words, they are not supposed to care if people starve and die, only describe it in economic terms. Hopefully reality will eventually dictate that economics since politics are inextricably intertwined they cannot remain separated in practice, discussion or solution.

Over the past thirty years the US has been a textbook case of how a corrupted democracy falls prey to an organized and concerted effort by extremely wealthy and powerful oligarchs who have remolded and reshaped not only the fundamental principles embodied within our Constitution but public perception and opinion itself. They have succeeded, through the use of highly sophisticated images and emotional hot button words to lull our citizenry into a Rip Van Winkle state wherein we are prey to the very worst that humanity has to offer. This fact is clearly given away in the media’s constant use of one-liner sound bites to cover major national and world events. Anyone who is so na ve to think that our modern problems can be summarized between two commercials has already become a victim of the neo double speak. When will we recognize and insist that the basic fundamental value underlying our economy is; the economy exists to serve the people and not the other way around? Our Constitution does not prevent our selection of an appropriate economic system that reflects our values and serve our needs.

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Jeff Rock is an economist of thirty-three years. He has spent his entire career in the building industry working in a capacity that allows him to witness daily the inner workings of the so-called 'free' market. Jeff studied at US and French (more...)

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