tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post5327702250298346251..comments2024-03-29T09:32:34.853-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Oikonomia is Back, for Now — Jacob Assamike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-18118674515799600342020-07-19T12:58:40.528-04:002020-07-19T12:58:40.528-04:00"Chrematistike (χρηματιστική) – sheer money-..."Chrematistike (χρηματιστική) – sheer money-making"<br /><br />Here we go again with this guy using the figure of speech "money" from the Roman pantheon to describe what the Greeks were doing centuries before...<br /><br />"chrema" cannot be accurately translated into "money!"...<br /><br />Its an abstract term meaning general riches or wealth...<br /><br />If you translate that as "money!" youre making the typical reification error that leads to Monetarism... you dont get the abstraction...<br /><br />Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082502216984169113noreply@blogger.com