Encyclopedia of Political Economy

I am pleased that the authors of the foreword to this book, after commenting on the almost universal availability of electronic communication, stress the difficulty that the message itself has in getting through. “The paradox of greater technical ease of communication and less actual communication is perhaps greatest within academia.” They go on: “Universities are becoming full of scientists and scholars who know next to nothing besides the tools of their highly specialized sub‐field, and who experience increasing difficulty communicating with those outside the narrow area of specialisation.” Discerning readers will guess we are being led to that other paradox...