Theatrical Monkeys

Are human beings an anointed species? Is each person just a few steps away from divinity? Does each person born have a guarantied astronomically high intrinsic value? Are all innocent until proven guilty not just in a court of law but in all of life’s activities?

The first step in studying mainstream economics always starts by answering yes to all of the above questions.  All institutions are deemed operating completely in keeping with the definitions given to them. All of the members of the three branches government are deemed to have left self interest behind. All are deemed as working selflessly and tirelessly to make the country a better place.

In my fantasy free approach to economics, all of the institutions and people are viewed with respect to how they are functioning and behaving. I am studying the ebb and flow of various efforts of dominance and subservience. I will leave explaining the lofty definitions assumed to theologians and philosophers. I observe strictly according to how people and institutions function.

In the real world, not the make believe world, aggregations of people have everything in common as far as behavior is concerned with the group behavior of other animals. Moving up the ladder within a herd or aggregation is accomplished  by dominating by a few and agreement to serve by others. In mankind it works the same way.

There is not a doubt of in my mind that there is a spiritual world parallel to the secular world we live in. Participating in the spiritual world is an option all people have. The laws of dominance and subservience are less pronounced when a spiritual element is introduced. Higher influences are not prevalent enough to make a difference in studying economics.

When engaged in economic and political decisions mankind overall does not behave like the lofty definitions indicate they do. Their group behavior is completely in line with that of any other species. So what is a human being? For purposes of analysis they act like theatrical monkeys.  Is that really what people are? Who is to say? Surely the species has plenty of potential. But for now their behavior is that of a theatrical monkey.

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About Fantasy Free Economics

James Quillian independent scholar,free market economist,and teacher of natural law. Who is James Quillian? Certainly I am nobody special, Just a tireless academic and deep thinker. Besides that, I have broken the code with respect to economics and political science. Credentials? Nothing you would be impressed with. I am not a household name. It is hard to become famous writing that virtually no one in the country is genuinely not in touch with reality. But, if I did not do that, there would be no point in my broking the broken the code. If you read the blog, it is easy to see that there are just a few charts, no math and no quantitative analysis. That is not by accident. Given what I know, those items are completely useless. I do turn out to be highly adept at applying natural law. Natural law has predominance over any principles the social science comes up. By virtue of understanding natural law, I can debunk, in just a few sentences , any theory that calls for intervention by a government. My taking the time to understand the ins and outs of Keynes General Theory is about like expecting a chemistry student to completely grasp all that the alchemists of the middle ages thought they understood in efforts to turn base metals into goal. Keynesian theory clearly calls for complete objectivity. Government can only make political decisions. Keynesian techniques call for economic decisions. So, why go any further with that? Fantasy Free Economics is in a sense a lot like technical analysis. Technical analysis began with the premise that it was impossible to gain enough information studying fundamentals to gain a trading advantage. Study the behavior of investors instead. Unlike technical analysis, I don't use technical charts. What I understand are the incentives of different people and entities active in the economics arena. For example, there is no such thing as an incentive to serve with life in the aggregate. In the aggregate, only self interest applies. It is routinely assumed otherwise. That is highly unappealing. But, I am sorry. That is the way it is. I can accept that because I am genuinely in touch with reality. Step one in using Fantasy Free Economics is for me to understand just how little I really know. A highly credentialed economist may know 100 times what I do based on the standard dogma. Compare the knowledge each of us has compared to all there is to know and we both look like we know nothing at all. There is always more than we don't know than what we do know. I am humble enough to present myself on that basis. Why? That is the way it is. I am not bad at math. I have taught math. What I understand is when to use it and when to rely on something else. Math is useless in natural law so I don't use it. While others look at numbers, I am busy understanding the forces in nature that makes their numbers what they are. That gives me a clear advantage.