From: Jurriaan Bendien (adsl675281@TISCALI.NL)
Date: Fri Dec 02 2005 - 11:38:35 EST
Maybe Jim Craven's manifesto is well-intentioned, but politically speaking it's unlikely to get many people on board, I would say. The way I learnt about politics, is that you have to build some kind of bridge from where people are really at, to where you want them to go. The way it reads, is that neoclassical economists are a pack of morons, it's a sort of declaration of war, so then effectively he wants people to sign up to saying they're a pack of morons. And not many academics would do it, because in real life they have to dialogue every day with people who think differently from the way they do, and it's by no means clear that all neoclassical economics is nonsense anyway (at least I don't think so, whatever my criticisms). A manifesto is stronger, if it has a positive message about something, i.e. we positively believe this, our concerns are such-and-such, if you share this view, why not join us. So, as for myself, I would not sign it (well, I am not a professional economist anyway). Jurriaan
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