John is a very skilled economist & a good teacher. I get along with him as well as with Cathy Coolidge, who also signed the list. Nobody at the university hassles me about my politics & I don't hassle them.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Laurence Shute wrote: >> Thanks for posting this Jim. It's one of the reasons I usually say I'm an >> "economic historian" rather than simply an economist. I wonder how Michael >> does with John Eckalbar at CSU Chico? John might be another one of those >> nice guys who can't add things up ... or. < > > You're welcome. BTW, it's interesting that the economics department I > work in doesn't have any laissez-faire economists. The most > conservative is a Keynesian of some sort, who is probably a > Romneycrat. Our "bias" may be due to the Jesuit influence; for many > years the department was ruled by Jesuits, where the first one wasn't > even trained in economics. Our (possible) Romneycrat is conservative > mostly because she made a lot of bucks from real estate and hates > Jesuits. > -- > Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you > should at least know the nature of that evil. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
