Let's see how Christine Lagarde does as head of the IMF. So far, she seems to be insisting on extreme austerity for Greece.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:31 AM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it was back in the 70s that there was chatter about how peaceful the > world would be if women ruled the world. The idea never seemed very > convincing to me. I kept thinking about leaders, such as Margaret Thatcher > or Golda Meier -- not that male leaders were any better. > > > > Reading today's New York Times story about Sheila Bair made me realize that > she even better than what I had thought. The article also mentioned > Brooksley Borne. Elizabeth Warren also came to mind. In the dismal > cabinet, only Hilda Solis does not seem to have jumped on the neoliberal > bandwagon. I try to think of men who played a comparable role, but nobody > came to mind. Then again, perhaps, these women performed so well because > just they were not part of the "old boys club." > > -- > > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > michael dot perelman at gmail.com > Chico, CA 95929 > 530-898-5321 > fax 530-898-5901 > www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
