Speaking of "scientific racism," ever read Chase's <Legacy of Malthus>?
Best work on it, I think. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] HDI, GNP and the PPP factor > Economics is all about measuring in measurable. I was reading this week about > "scientific racism" in Victorian England, where people tried to develop mathematical > measures of how close various peoples came to being Africans. These measures showed > the Irish were almost Black. Such matters were taken very seriously and the time. > If we were gone to try to make some sort of quantitative measure of a human > development index, I think I will try to get a handle on how people at the bottom > fared rather than looking at averages. > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
