Arthur Cordell wrote:
>And I do believe that JK Galbraith was President of the American Economics
>Association. Forget which year. So, he is a real live bona fide economist.
>Yes, writing clearly and plainly and not hiding behind a lot of equations,
>regressions, etc., which, upon closer examination, prove to prove very
>little and stand for not much at all.
JKG made a further contribution to economics by siring James K., whose book
Created Unequal shows that carefully done equations and regressions can
stand for something after all -- such as debunking the mythology of
mainstream economists.
regards,
Tom Walker
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