"I Was Useless, I Liked It" is a posthumously published volume by Wolf Dieter Enkelmann, who is regarded as a pioneer of German economic philosophy. In this work, the editors Sören E. Schuster and Birger P. Priddat gather central texts as well as unpublished manuscripts that reflect Enkelmann's thinking. The author engages in a dialogue with significant thinkers from the history of philosophy, from Hesiod and Plato to Hegel and Derrida. This engagement demonstrates that the interpretation of economics should not be left solely to the social sciences, but can also be derived from philosophical sources. Enkelmann's approach opens up new perspectives and encourages speculative questions that should be integrated into academic discourse. The themes of the book range from the difference between Oikos and Polis to the significance of the creditor-debtor relationship for thought.