Jay,
I don't understand this anger against one particular profession. I've
worked in economics for many years and have known quite a few economists.
To the best of my knowledge, none of them promoted "die-off" (whatever that
is). And yes, you are right, the Club of Rome got a mixed reception and
quite a lot of debate, but surely that is better than blind acceptance.
>The Club of Rome’s dark vision has now come true in the Former Soviet Union
>and Africa. Billions of innocent people are going to loose their lives
this
>coming century because of economists (Marxist and otherwise).
Apart from the nonsense of the above statement, what you seem to be saying
is that economists are the cause of everything that is wrong. Are you so
certain that the world would be a better place if there were no economists.
Look at it this way, you should consider yourself fortunate that economists
exist. It makes things very simple for you. You have someone to point at
and blame -- much like fundamentalist Christians can blame the devil or the
Iranian ayatollahs of a couple of decades ago could blame the "great Satan".
>"Just doing my job" was no defense during the Nuremberg trials.
>
>It's high time the economists took responsibility for their crimes.
Yoiks!! I tremble! Please let me know which tribunal I should appear
before.
Ed Weick
