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Economics of Wars Proponents of war as a necessary source of economic growth often site the post WWII economic boom as an example. Enter the world of Autistic Economics. They forget to see that the labor force in the US had doubled due to women entering the work force during the War. Our search is for an economics beyond this myopic view. Hope you enjoy the links. Post Autistic Economics by Trevor Batten For those interested in post-autistic economics: http://www.paecon.net Special all-student issue: - Autisme-Ãconomie Reaches Harvard - Daniel Gay: Politics Versus Economiccs: Keeping It Real - Asatar Bair: Form and Content in Neooclassical Theory - Nathaniel Chamberland: Of Textbooks:: In Search of Method - James Bondio: New Assumptions for a New Economics - Jared Ferrie: Toward a Holistic Econnomics - Goutam U. Jois: Consumer Sovereignty Re-exxamined - The Crisis in Economics However, they demand submissions are in MS.Word format -which I find rather worrying from supposedly innovative intellectuals (with a possible understanding of economics)! Post-autistic Economics is an attempt to move beyond the autism of pre-post-autistic Economics...... by Duncan Reilly Re: Trevor's post Just looked up the dictionary: Autism:(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people. Now I think I understand. by Trevor Batten Re: Autism & Economics From the little that I have about autism, I would imagine that the difference with narcissism is one of focus (or direction). Presumably, a narcissist is so occupied with the self that there is little room for contact with others (who cannot compare with such perfection). Autism, seems to be the reverse -the environment appears to be so damagingg tthat the individual is forced to withdraw into the self. It is important is to be careful when trying to determine the reason that contact with the outside world is so painful. One American (Jewish) doctor who had survived the nazi death camps, believed he recognized the same symptoms in autistic children as in camp victims. As a result, he became famous for treating autistic kids, by surrounding them in a sympathetic, loving, environment to encourage them out of their withdrawal. Although this sounds extremely positive -I have heard a story on the BBC radio about an American woman with an autistic child. Her life was virtually ruined by this. Despite being a loving and caring parent who had done everything possible to look after her daughter -medical opinion believed (per definition) that the child had been mistreated. After her marriage broke up she was extremely happy to meet a new friend -only to have her hopes dashed by hearing that he had just been offered a new job in Europe. However, her new friend told her not to be so silly -there were almost certainly doctors in Europe who could treat such children -and so they made contact with a Swiss expert. As a result of his examination -he discovered that the girl had extremely sensitive hearing and as a result, the cacophony of noise was driving her crazy. After "de-sensitivity" training, the daughter's behaviour became more normal and she eventually achieved a degree in art history from the local university. Apparently, we are facing an epidemic of autism -in both California and Britain number of cases are rising -although at present, I understand that nobody knows why. The story above reminds me of an English woman who has recently been released after spending several years in prison accused of murder after two of her babies died of sudden cot death syndrome. A specialist had claimed earlier in court that the chance of two babies dying was millions to one. Now experts believe that genetic facets may actually raise the chances of subsequent deaths to less than 10 to 1. The women concerned was a lawyer (and I believe her husband was a policeman) and yet it took several years for such experienced people to obtain justice. Commentators were thus highly concerned about the chances of less well trained people might have. In my view, the obsession to separate twins, before they are able to decide for themselves, is also rather questionable. Another worrying aspect of medical arrogance is the fact that it seems that 5 operations a day are done in American hospitals to "correct" genital "defects" in young children before they have any personal awareness of the situation. Some doctors accuse adult patients of being "ungrateful" if they are not happy with the results of their childhood mutilation (as they experience it) by doctors -simply to make them conform to social standards of "normality". Obviously, operations to correct life-threatening situations are something different. Perhaps narcissistic attitudes under doctors stimulates them to "save" people who do not wish to be saved.... or to refuse to accept that even medical science is not infallible by Trevor Batten Re: Autism Programme Information: The Autism Puzzle BBC Two Tue 8 Apr, 23:20 - 00:25 65 mins. It's sixty years since the word autism was coined, but what do we really know about it? Featuring the first children diagnosed in Britain and several families living with autistic children. Subtitles Wide-screen Stereo Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/autism.shtml Subject: Factual; Documentaries Lifestyle; Health |
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