Our trio exits the film…Night of the Living Dead … mumbling something about food cravings…zombie-style. Following a return ride on TRAX…they stake out another booth at Café Netherworld…then late-night snack on shakes…and fries smothered in proprietary sauce…from the crypt…..
Read MoreModule 27 : Who Caused the Great Recession?
This episode begins with Adam Smith placing a call to fellow zombie economist Jeremy Bentham…now residing in Truthiness City. Bentham…wary of liberals…had accepted part-time work at the university there…creating 18th Century rebuttals to liberal dogmas about what’s happenin’ now. But…with demand waning for his own dogma…Bentham more recently downsized to a mundane job…complete with billboard […]
Read MoreModule 25 : Grandpa’s Dilemma
Grandpa…our newest zombie character…reflects on the Industrial Revolution…and its impact across generations of his family…with Georgie…as Grandma was known…to those who loved her….
Read MoreModule 24 : Grandpa’s Ethics
On the horizon…our challenge is to reclaim…not just economic principles associated with Adam Smith…but the moral spirit associated with him…as well. Actually…Smith’s economics looked quite different from what…typically…the public expects of economists…today. He was a moral philosopher…whose principal ambition was to ask and answer questions about so-called “right action.” What should individuals and families do? […]
Read MoreModule 22 : Short Terming With Jeremy and Donald
Adam…next addresses his zombie colleagues…Jeremy and Joan…as the three-some winds up its visit to the thought-provoking public library in the Great Salty City. However, little could Smith know…during the break…Robinson…on the spot…excoriated a roomful of liberal political operatives…..
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