“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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