Life among the Subecon: The Pon Farr and Koon Ut Kal If Ee Rituals

Robert N. Horn, Robert T. Jerome and Kristina Terkun
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Robert N. Horn: Economics Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, hornrn@jmu.edu
Robert T. Jerome: Economics Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Kristina Terkun: Economics Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2008, vol. 40, issue 2, 233-238

Abstract: Since the publication of Axel Leijonhufvud's classic “Life among the Econ,†anthropological interest in the species Econ has waned. Unfortunately, one of the omissions from his analysis was a study of life among the tribes to which the unsuccessful grads were exiled. This article looks at the ritual of expulsion from the perspective of the outcast tribes (subecon) into which the new outcasts seek asylum. The ritual of accepting these new subecon into a new tribe spurs a long and mysterious process in which the basic tenet of the Econ rationality is replaced with what can only be likened to the pon farr and koon ut kal if ee of the Vulcan mating ritual. JEL Classification: A11, A13

Keywords: economics departments; recruiting; the Econ; Star Trek (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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