Comments for Econamici http://mcleveland.org/blog A land economist's view Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Ben Howells http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Ben Howells Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:08:37 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-270 I feel so bad for Tom! I fell a year ago and drove the nose-pad mounts into my skull - ouch. The only long-term consequence of same is a very bad shoulder since, connected somehow to thew required tetanis shot! I assume you guys are settled into your new digs - am I right? Kind of lost track of you! I've nothing to feel good about in these times. Each time I feel we've hit intellectual bottom, the news cheerily informs me I "ain't seen nothin yet"! How's your optimism these days? I feel so bad for Tom!

I fell a year ago and drove the nose-pad mounts into my skull – ouch. The only long-term consequence of same is a very bad shoulder since, connected somehow to thew required tetanis shot!

I assume you guys are settled into your new digs – am I right? Kind of lost track of you!

I’ve nothing to feel good about in these times. Each time I feel we’ve hit intellectual bottom, the news cheerily informs me I “ain’t seen nothin yet”!

How’s your optimism these days?

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Gregg Erickson http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Gregg Erickson Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:25:10 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-269 A wonderful essay. I indend to save this phrase, "a blue and purple eye to freeze Medusa," and us it shamelessly when the time comes. Gregg (& Judy) A wonderful essay. I indend to save this phrase, “a blue and purple eye to freeze Medusa,” and us it shamelessly when the time comes.
Gregg (& Judy)

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Alanna Hartzok http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Alanna Hartzok Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:01:06 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-267 Polly - You kept us in suspense about Tom while you put in the double dose of book reviews. Sometime I would like to hear what the authors think are solutions. Meanwhile, I am relieved that Tom is okay. Polly – You kept us in suspense about Tom while you put in the double dose of book reviews. Sometime I would like to hear what the authors think are solutions. Meanwhile, I am relieved that Tom is okay.

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Neva http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Neva Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-266 Im so glad Tom is ok! I also have those books, and am happy to see your good summaries. Though I may be in the 1% my heart is in the right place (a little to the left of center, according to Ken Galbraith) and I also hope that the resurgence is building. Im so glad Tom is ok! I also have those books, and am happy to see your good summaries. Though I may be in the 1% my heart is in the right place (a little to the left of center, according to Ken Galbraith) and I also hope that the resurgence is building.

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Alice T M http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Alice T M Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:07:12 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-262 We are deeply thankful that Tom is OK. Brava for your on target analysis and conclusions Polly! We are deeply thankful that Tom is OK. Brava for your on target analysis and conclusions Polly!

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Bill Batt http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Bill Batt Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:20:13 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-261 Good story well told, Polly. And the moral of it all is appreciated. Suggest one more book that can be read with Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success. It's Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly's book Unjust Deserts. I wrote a review of it when it first came out -- see http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/batt-h-william_review-of-gar-alperovitz-unjust-deserts-2008.html and http://centralresearchgroup.org/georgist-economic/book-reviews-of-bill-batt/review-of-alperovitzs-unjust-deserts/view. And, oh yes, googling pearidge shows up only as Pea Ridge, a Civil War battle site in northwest Arkansas. Never would have known. B. Good story well told, Polly. And the moral of it all is appreciated. Suggest one more book that can be read with Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success. It’s Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly’s book Unjust Deserts. I wrote a review of it when it first came out — see http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/batt-h-william_review-of-gar-alperovitz-unjust-deserts-2008.html and
http://centralresearchgroup.org/georgist-economic/book-reviews-of-bill-batt/review-of-alperovitzs-unjust-deserts/view.

And, oh yes, googling pearidge shows up only as Pea Ridge, a Civil War battle site in northwest Arkansas. Never would have known. B.

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Adele Wick http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Adele Wick Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:16:44 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-260 Brava, Polly! I've always admired your brain. Now, I'm aware of your emotional fortitude, too. So glad Tom is okay. So awed that you could write and think so well while he appeared imperiled. Brava, Polly! I’ve always admired your brain. Now, I’m aware of your emotional fortitude, too. So glad Tom is okay. So awed that you could write and think so well while he appeared imperiled.

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by Mason Gaffney http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Mason Gaffney Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:13:31 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-259 Your sense of drama and suspension is unsurpassable, but Good Grief, don't scare me like that, this is not a TV show! Best to you and Tom, and henceforth BE MORE CAREFUL! Your sense of drama and suspension is unsurpassable, but Good Grief, don’t scare me like that, this is not a TV show!

Best to you and Tom, and henceforth BE MORE CAREFUL!

]]> Comment on Pearidge, Trauma ; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth by John Médaille http://mcleveland.org/blog/index.php/2012/04/pearidge-trauma-99-to-1-and-the-self-made-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-257 John Médaille Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:04:42 +0000 http://mcleveland.org/blog/?p=289#comment-257 Good reviews; America suffers from the cult of the self-made man, which is just slightly crazier than some of the cargo cults. Actually, it is a kind of cargo cult. best of luck to Tom. Good reviews; America suffers from the cult of the self-made man, which is just slightly crazier than some of the cargo cults. Actually, it is a kind of cargo cult.

best of luck to Tom.

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