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BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.

He works from Charlottesville, Virginia, as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante, and a layabout, at least in spirit.

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"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."

Murray Rothbard

Benjamin Tucker Marcus
Gone Fishing
July 23, 2008

hog-tied by "cultural issues"

January 28th, 2008 by bkmarcus

"The book's creative director, Anne Curtis, said the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was 'like a slap in the face'."

Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News, education

A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been turned down by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.

The digital book, re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".

Now, since "having a future time orientation" is also racist, I guess that makes my story "The 3 Austrian Pigs And Their Different Rates of Time Preference" just 2 scoops of bigotry and a side of bacon.

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One Response

  1. DJ Says:

    How did it offend them


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