Yes, but you always have a choice. You don't have to take the job. Don't you
suppose he got the job in the first place because of his views, like most other
economists who take gov't jobs. Like the notorious Feldstein, don't you think
his "research" on social security helped make him acceptable to Reagan the
privatizer. You make this all sound so innocent almost. What makes me think
that Rostow and his brother were pretty rotten human beings? By their acts ye
shall know them.
Michael Yates
Jim Devine wrote:
> At 11:10 AM 10/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I wonder what a person who thinks Rostow is a good economist is doing on a
> >progressive economists' list (other than engage in periodic redbaiting)?
>
> I think that WW Rostow had some good points, though his involvement with
> the Vietnam war and his "stages theory" ideology sure make the balance lean
> toward the bad side. His economic history of England is informative, while
> his anti-formalist vision of economics (cited several times in Bill Tabb's
> recent book on the history of economic thought) is useful.
>
> It seems to me that he shows what can happen to the average academic if he
> gets into the state hierarchy and wants to have some influence on the
> people at the top there.
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
