The Heart of the Matter

Getting to the heart of the matter is not an easy task but we can at least try. It may help to open the attempt by defining some of the subjects to be covered. The Oxford Dictionary reveals that:

• Economics is a branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption and transfer of wealth;
• Geology is the science which deals with the physical structure and substance ofthe Earth, their history and the processes which act on them;
• Politics are the activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate or conflict between individuals or parties having, or hoping to achieve, power.
• History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

We will touch on all four subjects, as so admirably defined. How might we try to get to the heart of the matter? We could study learned tomes, speak to experts, observe Nature. We could do all these things but let us imagine that it were possible to hold an objective judicial inquiry run by the highest judges in the land, to be flanked by the most penetrating of advocates to probe deeply into the evidence and assess the honesty, reliability and bias of the witnesses. In the real world, such an Inquiry would find itself under political pressure to deliver a comforting verdict. So, perhaps it is better just to imagine the agenda and outcome of such an Inquiry in the following way...

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