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0 pointsmercer10y ago0 comments

You know what, I'll actually do that. Would 'The Road to Serfdom' be accessible enough to someone who has a relatively broad general knowledge, but is mostly versed in psychology?

This might sound strange, but is there any chance you would be willing to check up on my resolve in about a month? Just a quick email would be enough. It's just that with everything else going on in my life currently, I'm likely to forget even if I set a reminder or task...

(and I understand if you don't feel like doing this of course)

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bsbechtel10y ago

I set a reminder on my phone for a month from now. I'll do my best to follow up. TRTS is grounded in political/economic philosophy, as it was written before economics had the analytical rigor it has today. Don't let that fool you into thinking it is out of date and incorrect. Many things in the field of economics and politics can't really be accurately measured (how do you really measure how much a 1% tax increase affects future innovation and entrepreneurship, if those innovations don't exist yet?) That being said, if you can handle dense psychology books, you might need to re-read a few paragraphs and sentences multiple times to get it, but you'll probably be fine.

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0 pointsmercer10y ago0 comments

You know what, I'll actually do that. Would 'The Road to Serfdom' be accessible enough to someone who has a relatively broad general knowledge, but is mostly versed in psychology?

(and I understand if you don't feel like doing this of course)

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bsbechtel10y ago

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