At 12:47 PM 9/19/96, "LYNN TURGEON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS, HOFSTRA UNIVERS wrote: > Ed Nell reminded Summers that the Academic Summers had done previous >work on what has become known as the "Tobin Tax." Summers acknowledged his >early work but was unwilling to push this idea at the present time. Back during the Bush years, I wrote a little (unsigned) editorial for The Nation citing Summers' paper on the topic (joinly authored with his wife, Victoria Summers). When The Nation's factchecker called Summers to see if I'd quoted him straight, he exploded, saying he didn't want his work politicized - and this was while he was still at Harvard (i.e., before he joined the World Bank). Duh, well why'd you write it, Larry? > He took credit for Asian prosperity (especially South Korea where there >has been a great reduction of prostitution) I don't get this. What does Larry S. have to do with Asian prosperity, and what does prosperity have to do with prostitution? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
