Doug, don't be mad, just say "yes, yes, perhaps I took that point for granted when I made this other point." Sometime people just want to point the qualitative stuff out. We are all on the same side here, there is so much work to do. I hope the list won't crumble over this. Lisa S
on 10/08/2002 1:59 PM, Doug Henwood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I think I understand a little of what Sabri is getting at -- the >> intellectual and accepting way we look at the statistics -- seeing >> them as economic factorum and not as poor, suffering people. > > And who the hell isn't saying that? > > Is this is the best "progressive economists" can do? > > Doug >