Economists have a sense of the arts, Ray, even if not a very good one. When I was a teenager back in the ice age, I dropped out of highschool to become the world's greatest artist. I even spent a year at an art school where I learned that my talent was minor compared to that of some of my classmates. What to do about it? Why go back to school and become an economist.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Harrell To: 'Keith Hudson' ; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Hey, you don't have to marry the guy! What is the world coming to? Music and Art education as a constitutional right? Their saying that this is the system that works better than all others at bringing children of poverty out of poverty and developing their minds. Sounds like Walter Benjamin and the Vienna Circle before Hitler destroyed them. But the most interesting comment in this article was hidden. The Founder of the system was an .............................................economist!!!! Good heavens! An economist who made the Arts work in many different governments? Are there different breeds of economists? Did we only get the tone deaf ones here? How come? REH http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/arts/music/venezuelans-criticize-hugo-chavezs-support-of-el-sistema.html?_r=1&hp From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 9:32 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Hey, you don't have to marry the guy! At 12:11 18/02/2012, Ed wrote: Things sure ain't like they used to was... From the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/us/for-women-under-30-most-births-occur-outside-marriage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp A natural complement to this is another article on Reuters about jobs: http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2012/02/16/what-job-creation-looks-like-outside-washington/ Keith Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4815 - Release Date: 02/17/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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