October 2, 2003

Turn up the Radio, Honey!

How is this different from today's radio or TV?

He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.
The quote is from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr's Harrison Bergeron which is included in the new compilation: The Literary Book of Economics. It is definitely worth taking a few minutes to read!

Recommended by Marginal Revolution.

PS: Does this book support this statement from The Leiter Reports:

Economists, of course, take the existence of a Nobel Prize in their field as an indication of the closeness of their field to real science. But perhaps the best rationale for a Nobel Prize in economics is its proximity to literature?

Posted by Steve on October 2, 2003
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