Re: [PEN-L] Economists As Bullying Witch Doctors

2008-02-11 Thread ravi
On Feb 9, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: Esther-Mirjam Sent has a work in progress regarding how Herbert Simon made an ass of himself in debating with progressive mathematicians, who did not approve of Samuel Huntington joining the National Academy of Sciences. She included two

[PEN-L] Economists As Bullying Witch Doctors

2008-02-09 Thread Michael Perelman
Esther-Mirjam Sent has a work in progress regarding how Herbert Simon made an ass of himself in debating with progressive mathematicians, who did not approve of Samuel Huntington joining the National Academy of Sciences. She included two wonderful quotes from one of the mathematicians, Neal