the younger members of the official economics profession was educated -- partly due to Samuelson's influence -- to think of the world totally in terms of equilibrium (at full employment!) and is so at a loss.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:38 AM, michael a. lebowitz<[email protected]> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Who are the bright young radical economists? > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:53:01 -0500 > From: Cy Gonick <[email protected]> > To: sam gindin <[email protected]>, Leo Panitch > <[email protected]>, "michael a. lebowitz" <[email protected]>, sid > shniad <[email protected]>, greg albo <[email protected]> > > I see where Adbusters devotes its current issue to attacking the economics > profession. Then it has a large part of the issue devoted to "Mavericks". > Guess who they are? All Keynesians -- all over 70. The only interesting > one, believe it or not was Paul Samuelson, who says that the economic > recovery will not happen until 2012 and maybe not until 2014. Mind you > that's all he said that is interesting. > > So I ask myself, if we were to pull together the radical economists, who are > they -- beyond our few political economists? Do they exist? Who did > Adbusters miss? > > Cy > > > > -- > Michael A. Lebowitz > Professor Emeritus > Economics Department > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > > Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development' > Centro Internacional Miranda, P.H. > Residencias Anauco Suites, Parque Central, final Av. Bolivar > Caracas, Venezuela > fax: 0212 5768274/0212 5777231 > www.centrointernacionalmiranda.gob.ve > [email protected] > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.38/2274 - Release Date: 07/31/09 > 05:58:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
