Economist Stephen T. Ziliak’s reflections on poetry are quite appropriate for the moment, since we’re doing both poetry and economics this cycle.
Invisible hand;
Mother of inflated hope,
Mistress of despair!
–Stephen T. Ziliak: Haiku Economics
Zilak says that, “Poetry can fill the gap between reason and emotion, adding feelings to economics.”
He particularly loves the haiku, because it is such a wonderful metaphor for economics: “less is more, and more is better.”
Each poem is the length of about one human breath. This constraint, though severe, is more than offset by a boundless freedom to feel.
–Stephen T. Ziliak: Haiku Economics
Creativity is said to lie at the intersection on disciplines. This is an excellent example of it.
