Economists, Parsifal, and the search for the Holy Grail.

From: Journal of Economic Issues | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Modern economists behave like Parsifal. He is a poor and innocent boy who becomes a knight for King Arthur, finds the Grail Castle and eventually replaces the Fisher King as the guardian of the Holy Grail. He has to widen his consciousness and travel beyond his station as a naive fool to discover himself and to reconcile the conflicting aspects of his psyche. Economists should take Parsifal as a model and expand their consciousness to remedy their cynicism and despair, and enliven their field.

Like Parsifal, the modern economist naively blunders about the Waste Land in search of the Holy ...

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