“Comeforthintothelightofthings”

WilliamWordsworth’sHumanChallengetoEconomicThinking

LynnStuartParramore,Oct21,2017

Adam Smith is “the worst critic, David Hume not excepted, that Scotland, a soil to which this sort of weed seems natural, has produced.”

~WilliamWordsworth,1815

Town&Country“Howwemisleadeachother”~Wordsworth,ThePrelude,1799-1805,1850

Hearts&Minds

“SocietyhaspartedmanfrommanNeglectfuloftheuniversalheart”~Wordsworth,ThePrelude,1799-1805,1850

TheParts&theWhole

“OurmeddlingintellectMis-shapesthebeauteousformsofthingsWemurdertodissect.”~Wordsworth,“TheTablesTurned,” 1798

“Scienceadvanceswithgiganticstrides;Butareweaughtenrichedinloveandmeekness?”~Wordsworth,“TothePlanetVenus,”1838

TheRich&TheRest“Gettingandspending,welaywasteourpowers”~Wordsworth,“TheWorldisTooMuchWithUs,” 1807

“[England’s}floorsandsoilGroanunderneathaweightofslavishtoil,ForthepoorMany,measuredoutbyrulesFetchedwithcupidityfromheartlessschoolsThattoanIdol,falselycalled"theWealthOfNations,"sacrificeaPeople'shealth,Bodyandmindandsoul;”~Wordsworth,“Humanity,”1829

Past&Present

“ButwherewillEurope'slatterhourAgainfindWordsworth'shealingpower?”~MatthewArnold,MemorialVerses,1850