This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The invisible hand
As I was just mentioning the invisible hand of the free market economy, I opened the paper and found this from Tom Tommorrow. Follow the link for the whole sad, frightening and illuminating tale. In the meantime, the Federal Reserve System made 2 Trillion in loans to banks that they refuse to identify. Can you imagine what 2 trillion dollars could have done for education or health care? Home values have dropped over 2 trillion in the last year of the Bush presidency. Can you imagine what 2 trillion dollars could have done for education or health care?
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