[DanielBMarkham]

Thanks for the course recommendation! I love those guys and already have about 20 of their courses. I'll put this one on my short list and look for it to go on sale.

I think we're fine here. I understand and agree with everything you've said. My comment was about the larger problem of creating the same kind of mathematical model for economics that we have for physics. We certainly have a lot of general models that work great and do all sorts of useful things. These things have their limits, though. But none of that has to do with Spain or the Euro. I was just referring to the foundations of economics itself, not this particular situation.

Looking forward to the course!

By the way, for any other readers who are diving down this far in the comments, there was also a great series of cassette tapes (I believe they're on CD now?) about economics and philosophy that I listened to back in the 80s from Knowledge Products. Great intro-level material. The Austrian economics and overview of Marx were especially good.

[CWuestefeld]

I'll add a +1 to that recommended TTC course on economics. I listened to it (and many others) while commuting in NJ traffic, and turned wasted time into an asset. I did learn a bunch from this particular course. Be warned that the teacher is sympathetic to neo-classical approaches (but then, so am I).

EDIT: Tip for TTC courses: never buy them at full price. They periodically have tremendous sales, and they're sufficiently expensive that you could easily save a hundred or two by waiting.