Economist Ha-Joon Chang said some really fascinating stuff about the language of economics.
In the last few decades of neoliberalism we have been encouraged — and sometimes even forced — to think everything in economic terms. So when you’re trying to protect a library or a museum, you have to make this economic argument.
Economist Ha-Joon Chang: “[Mainstream] economics has become like Catholic theology in medieval Europe. It has become the language of the rulers”
“They are not going to let you ‘speak’ it… unless you belong to the priesthood… or are from an extremely privileged background” pic.twitter.com/l3ft45B1Yw
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 4, 2023