Blaming Raygun's de-reg rag and Enron's criminal behavior on the commies. Does the Admin have a hard-working pr machine or what?
----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: [PEN-L:29964] Re: Re: Varian quotes Marx > What is amazing is that most economists are certain that Marx laid out a > blueprint for socialism. So Varian's comment would not appear as ignorant > at a meeting of the American Economic Association. > > > > > Yes, and later this distinguished economist writes: > > > > >Other economic engineering projects have not fared so well, with the > > >California electricity market being a notorious example. The "famous > > >economist" quoted above was Karl Marx, who also had ideas about > > >economic design that ended disastrously. > > > > Marx as economic designer? The things you learn reading the NYT! > > > > Doug > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >