“The object of an
economy was always the reproduction of human life and beyond that the
preservation of everything that sustains life. In the modern era it is supposed
to serve the common good and in that respect has shifted from a preoccupation
with material survival to meeting a wide range of cultural needs. But for some
time now the object of the economy has been to make money through producing and
selling things, with human life secondary, a means to that end. Economics,
which ought to be a science for human emancipation, has become a dehumanised
expert ideology remote from people’s
practical concerns and from their ability to understand what to do.” (Hart,
Laville and Cattani, 2010:4). [emphasis added].
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