Doug does not belong on the list. He is not and has never been an
economist. Sure, he can write now, but what about after a deadening 7
years as an econ. grad student. His training in English does not count.
No fair, Jim.
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:58:05AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
those
Thanks for the good press (I'm one of the editors at DS). In addition to
Frank Ackerman, who was one of the founders of the magazine (and remains a
friend), economists like Ellen Frank, John Miller, Chris Tilly, and Arthur
MacEwan write for the magazine regularly, and in a way that's useful for a
comments from a non-economist:
someone already mentioned the general writings of galbraith and also
said favourable things about krugman. for someone like me, with no
training at all in economics, krugman is indeed very readable. any
thoughts about the writings of amartya sen? rajani kanth? i
Michael Perelman wrote:
Doug does not belong on the list. He is not and has never been an
economist. Sure, he can write now, but what about after a deadening 7
years as an econ. grad student.
Thanks for the clarification (and the kind words, Jim).
But Krugman can write, even if he's less
Alejandro Reuss wrote:
Thanks for the good press (I'm one of the editors at DS).
Is Michael Mandel, now at Business Week, a DS alum (Dollars Sense,
that is, not dominance submission)?
Doug
Michael Perelman wrote:
Doug does not belong on the list. He is not and has never been an economist.
Sure, he can write now, but what about after a deadening 7
years as an econ. grad student.
Do grad students take 7 years with econ degrees? I thought they were more efficient
and finished in
: Re: good economics writing abstraction
Michael Perelman wrote:
Doug does not belong on the list. He is not and has never been an
economist. Sure, he can write now, but what about after a deadening 7
years as an econ. grad student.
Do grad students take 7 years with econ degrees? I thought
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Michael Perelman: I might have
