----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 3:07 PM Subject: [PEN-L:29587] Re: Re: Stiglitz
> Ian's reference to the Bhagwati article was interesting. I agree with > Bhagwati about TRIPS and appreciate his contribution, yet Bhagwati is far > less progressive than Stiglitz. > > Some of us are quick to attack Stiglitz. Certainly he is an imperfect > vessel on leftist politics. Henry Liu's initial post was useful in > reminding us about Stiglitz's limitations, but the fact that he has come > out from such a prominent position and gone so far call for the abolition > of the IMF is to be welcomed. ================== Just what is the perfect vessel on leftist politics? > > We're not obligated to become Stiglitzites follow blindly everything that > he says. In the same vein, the left has been quick to attack Nader, > mostly stands for progressive views, even though he is not what I would > think of as a leftist. I also welcome Dick Armey's attack on TIPS, but > most of the time his views are abhorrent. > ================== If Stiglitz is calling for scrapping the IMF maybe it's time to revive Peter Dorman's suggestion of the Stochastic Jubilee; clearly it would appeal to the more radical denizens of "information economics"? Smash the tragic tautology of debt............. Ian
