Welcome back to the discussion on OPE-L, Alan. A *very* short comment on something you wrote near the end of your [OPE-L:4896]: > To function scientifically as an economist > one must function as a permanent subversive, a militant, > a public and implacable foe of the institution that pays > one's wages, of all praxis that > perpetuates its role, a champion of all the ideas it scorns > and a defender > of all the people it tramples on. When you suggest that one needs to be a "champion of all the ideas that it scorns", this sounds like the maxim "an enemy of my enemy is my friend". The economics profession scorns many viewpoints (e.g. astrological forecasting of economic growth) that we wouldn't want to champion, doesn't it? Seeya at the IWGVT! In solidarity, Jerry
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Mar 01 2001 - 14:01:38 EST