"Eugene Coyle" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm familiar with the rank "major general."
> Now George Lakoff refers to "major economists". > > Why Ultra-Conservatives Like the Sequester > > by George Lakoff > > Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz, Robert Reich and other major economists have > > pointed out that the deficit is not an urgent economic problem and that, to > > the contrary, the economy would be helped by an > > increase in public investment and harmed by drastic cuts. The Sequester > > would hurt the economy, millions of people, and the country as a whole. > > What about corporals and privates? George Lakoff is a linguist like Noam Chomsky is a linguist, so we have to assume they are being precise in their language. I think Lakoff means major as opposed to minor. So economists that point out that the deficit is an urgent problem are minor economists. The article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/why-ultraconservatives-li_b_2764812.html posits the problem as being one of different moral approaches. -- Ron
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