Hi Arthur, At 11:56 29/01/02 -0500, you wrote: (AC) <<<< As a Ph.D. economist I almost never speak economics stuff with economists. It becomes theoretical or theological all too soon and thus quite boring/frustrating.
For those who remain angry with econonomics/economists , try this URL Post Autistic Economics <http://www.paecon.net/> >>>> I sympathise! These "post-autistic economists" write pretty indigestible stuff. Correction: very indigestible stuff. However, bear in mind where it's coming from. Their Post-autistic Economics Newsletter is really not about economics at all. It doesn't contain a single positive idea. It's all about protest -- which is what the French have been very good at ever since 1789. Their papers remind me of Robert Solow's charge against Milton Freidman: "The big difference between me and Milton is that everything reminds Milton of the money supply; everything reminds me of sex, but I try to keep it out of my papers". These French student economists are still trying to recreate the French Revolution. They tried again in 1968 with those notorious Student Riots which spread into most universities, if you remember. But that didn't succeed either. Whatever it was they were protesting about. I couldn't help but chuckle at J. K. Galbraith's magnificently diplomatic "support" for them in their 4th Newsletter (as was Solow's previous article in "Le Monde"). The only way he could express sympathy for them was by saying that the counter-protest (the response of some of their Professors of economics) was even sillier. In fact, I felt quite drawn to Galbraith after reading his piece -- even though I disagree with him, and even though he's Canadian. Keith __________________________________________________________ �Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write in order to discover if they have something to say.� John D. Barrow _________________________________________________ Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________
