“Economic Theory ”
What's "economics"? How we spend,
And why on earth we condescend
To mess about in business world,
Then teach (or fail to) boys and girls –About what's up in finance turf;
About what lies beneath the earth;
About the value each one brings;
About what makes the planet sing.So better – "cash psychology";
Or "current sociology"
Or just plain old theology
Of monied world – to clearly see –How most (or some) folks view that stuff,
Which shifts and changes – food enough
For minds to chew on currently,
In light of former history.I thought that it was after "truth"
As stable outlook on the route
One could engage in business world;
It's not – it's snippets from the swirl –Of how, and why, and when, and where,
And who, and what transpires out there;
Collected observations made
By folks who walk this world today.Oh silly me! I had not seen
How flighty insights here have been;
And how perspectives shift and change
As players play the business game.So, Veblen had perspective new
Then went off-course to Commies' view;
So early insights hit the trash;
Few venture back, his questions ask.I see that all can play this game –
Like Veblen's "enterprise", which names
A lot of players and the played
And those affected – loud or staid.Hey! That's a hoot, (not "travesty"
To some like me) – for now I see
That this can be a poet’s sport,
Or novelist's – not dry reports.Or even a photographer
Creatively presenting her
Or his perspective forthrightly –
Through mystic process – one like me!Thanks Holy Spirit for this.
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