tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post2188037168667896506..comments2024-03-29T07:43:55.457-04:00Comments on Moristotle & Co.: Tuesday Voice: Growing up in AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-67679208983328269882015-08-03T02:38:59.979-04:002015-08-03T02:38:59.979-04:00Recently there has been a flurry of articles in th...Recently there has been a flurry of articles in the economics literature which try to measure what kind of institution 'culture' is and assessing its impact on the economy with diffuse results.<br />Because culture expresses historically grounded values, it is important. So my economic determinism is excessive.<br />Northern vs. southern culturtural conflicts can have violent expressions, not only in postwar Germany, but also in the States in the early '60s when 'freedom riders' - northern college students - went to 'sleepy' segregated southern towns to assist integration and were met, at times, with great violence.<br />Rolf Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421053558040152196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-51549032439377716082015-08-03T00:24:48.389-04:002015-08-03T00:24:48.389-04:00A well-told tale, Rolf! Thanks.A well-told tale, Rolf! Thanks.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-30817322397783217952015-08-02T15:41:55.571-04:002015-08-02T15:41:55.571-04:00Good point. Not differences between one place and ...Good point. Not differences between one place and another <i>per se</i> but between places at different stages of their relative development.<br /> But do "prices or values" fully reflect significant cultural differences? Is this a concern that economists generally have with respect to their desire to capture salient features of whatever countries or continents they are studying?Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-73282343362471608502015-08-02T15:37:05.675-04:002015-08-02T15:37:05.675-04:00An amazing permutation of the classic revival cult...An amazing permutation of the classic revival cultural movement, shown why your maternal grandfather was named Hector.<br />Amazing, and solely in America could this happen.<br />Priceless example!<br />RolfRolf Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421053558040152196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-37933861904114026212015-08-02T15:28:48.837-04:002015-08-02T15:28:48.837-04:00Hi Morris,
Differences in relative prices or value...Hi Morris,<br />Differences in relative prices or values are characteristic of different stages of economic and social development.<br />In Germany's low income economy and society in the postwar period, apples were valued much more than in the States.<br />In more recent times, after Germany's catching up, incomes and values have become more similar.<br />Thus, if you trash someone else's BMW, you could expect a similar resonse, either a fork-bearing farmer or an urban owner focusing on you with a gun.<br />RolfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-26100810267135756212015-08-01T08:47:14.159-04:002015-08-01T08:47:14.159-04:00I was told (or read somewhere) that Hector, Arkans...I was told (or read somewhere) that Hector, Arkansas, where my maternal grandparents lived and died, was named after Grover Cleveland's dog, who was named after the Greek hero (presumably). Something like that. Actually, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector,_Arkansas#History" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia confirms this</a>. Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-31352662752448379962015-08-01T08:45:57.503-04:002015-08-01T08:45:57.503-04:00Rolf, your poignant story about the apples and the...Rolf, your poignant story about the apples and their relative value is especially choice. What a gem of an observation! Your piece subtly points up some significant differences between Germany and America.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.com