Introducing Economic Actualism
Making the Science of Rational Behavior More Rational
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Mention the word “economics” and three quarters of the room will roll their eyes. Economics has often become the subject that confines and torments us, rather than the subject which unites us and frees us. This book aims to unite through its understanding and to liberate through its truth. Yet in the process it may strike some nerves by examining some assumptions that underpin our society. In fact, it examines the process of assuming itself. Economics is meant to be the study of rational behaviour. Rationality should be liberating, leading to a happy life that affords for fun in its place. Yet this is not economics’ reputation. It has often been called the “dismal science”. I hope to make economics less dismal. Economic actualism holds that society is essentially a “confusion of nominal and actual wealth”. The failure of traditional economics to deal with this confusion in a systematic method is what makes it dismal in the eyes of so many. The work “economy” stems from the Greek words for “house manage”, but we have abandoned this sensible goal for the dismal goal of nominal wealth in the form of national economies, corporate growth, international trade and stock prices. But economics is just one, though a central one, of the humanities. As economic actualism works to unravel the confusion of nominal and the actual, it overlaps into other areas of study. So while economics may seem a dismal science, by improving its shortcomings we will hopefully make all of our lives a little better and our let our spirits burn a little brighter. This is an exploratory book about uncharted territory in the middle of our existence. I hope the discovery process eases your burden. David Billings, B.A. (Commerce/Economics), B.Sc.(Eng.)
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Economic actualism uses three simple principles to: Reduce economic damage Recognize frustrations Reap actual benefits Reward actual production and Regain your life's vitality. Abook of discovery from the focal point of our society and our lives.
About the Author
Like most of us, David Billings has spent a life time watching society fluctuate between actualist and nominalist perspectives with both curiosity and dismay. David’s quest began on a camping trip in Northern Ontario when he was eight years old and caught a fish with his bare hands about an hour before an eclipse of the sun. The long drive home, with its progressive re-entry into society, gave him a sense of mission: to find out why we go to such lengths to escape a society which we go to such lengths to create and sustain. The wordless wonder of an eight-year-old was carried through university degrees in commerce, social organization, and human relations as well as economics from Western University plus biological engineering from the University of Guelph. He briefly taught in the business department of Sheridan College. Without accepting any major corporate responsibilities, he has been given a long-lasting critical perspective by working as an independent handyman.