Comments on: The Sphere of Economic Calculation http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/05/03/the-sphere-of-economic-calculation/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Toke Reichstein http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/05/03/the-sphere-of-economic-calculation/#comment-70391 Toke Reichstein Tue, 20 May 2008 21:13:15 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1516#comment-70391 I hate to point out the obvious. But in case Prof. Kline refers to the black and white self-reflection of Mises in a glass ball as being the cool graphics, then I would like to draw attention to the picture as being a copy of the famous drawing by M. C. Escher, a Dutch graphics artist mostly recognized for spatial illusions. His work is often in the form of impossible constructions, but also his illustrations of repeated geometric patterns, his word carving work and lithography’s deserves mentioning. His work is interestingly discussed and put into perspective by Douglas R. Hofstadter in his Pulitzer prize winning publication: "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid". An intriguing book on what he calls strange loops. I otherwise agree with Prof. Kline that the publication from the Mises Institute is worth a read. I hate to point out the obvious. But in case Prof. Kline refers to the black and white self-reflection of Mises in a glass ball as being the cool graphics, then I would like to draw attention to the picture as being a copy of the famous drawing by M. C. Escher, a Dutch graphics artist mostly recognized for spatial illusions. His work is often in the form of impossible constructions, but also his illustrations of repeated geometric patterns, his word carving work and lithography’s deserves mentioning. His work is interestingly discussed and put into perspective by Douglas R. Hofstadter in his Pulitzer prize winning publication: “Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”. An intriguing book on what he calls strange loops.

I otherwise agree with Prof. Kline that the publication from the Mises Institute is worth a read.

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