Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post "A Looming Disaster?: Appointment of Larry Summers to Chairmanship of the FederalReserve" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: According to Ezra Klein (2013) at <http://wapo.st/14ggedZ> "Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair." WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH EDUCATION? Four points: 1. Commentator Chris Hayes at <http://nbcnews.to/18L6Tck> [one may have to wait out a 33 sec add :-( ] has sensibly argued that the most powerful federal U.S. official after the president is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. 2. Summers thinks that considering the economy as a subset of the ecosystem, as does ecological economist Herman Daly <http://bit.ly/1367eoS>, is "not the right way to look at it." 3. Considering point #2, Summers' appointment to head the Federal Reserve might be a disaster for the environment and Planet Earth. 4. "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe" - H.G. Wells (1920) at <http://bit.ly/yCkMjN>. ************************************************* To access the complete 10 kB post please click on <http://yhoo.it/158Fm5z>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0> Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M> Academia: <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm> Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh> GooglePlus: <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE> Google Scholar: <http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3> Twitter: <http://bit.ly/juvd52> Facebook: <http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm> LinkedIn: <http://linkd.in/14uycpW> "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." - Kenneth Boulding REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 30 July 2013.] Hake, R.R. 2013. ""A Looming Disaster?: Appointment of Larry Summers to Chairmanship of the Federal Reserve" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/158Fm5z>. Post of 30 Jul 2013 15:22:12-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/14gRl1I> with a provision for comment. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26709 or send a blank email to leave-26709-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
