Blinder on CA energy emergency

2001-05-11 Thread Jim Devine
L.A. TIMES/May 11, 2001/Op-Ed (http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010511/t39703.html) Don't Write Off Davis Energy Plan By ALAN BLINDER Might Californians finally be seeing a dim light at the end of the energy tunnel? This spring and summer will be difficult times unless everything

RE: Blinder on CA energy emergency

2001-05-11 Thread Max Sawicky
Don't Write Off Davis Energy Plan . . . The governor's plan, while not perfect, has the three elements. It also avoids the wackier suggestions from both the right and the left. . . . Not to worry. In 1991 or so, Blinder was writing that proposals to increase public spending in the face of

Re: Blinder on CA energy emergency

2001-05-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Davis is lucky to get such profound advise. On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 11:06:16AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Don't Write Off Davis Energy Plan By ALAN BLINDER Alan Blinder, a Professor of Economics at Princeton University, Was Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve From 1994-96. he Is the

Re: Re: Blinder on CA energy emergency

2001-05-11 Thread William S. Lear
On Friday, May 11, 2001 at 13:52:35 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes: Davis is lucky to get such profound advise. No doubt the same kind of advice as when he pontificated that there are too many policy decisions in the realm of politics and too few in the realm of technocracy. [Is Government Too