Paul told me before about Piketty's performance. Maybe he could elaborate more.
Speaking of meetings, I am reviewing Warsh's book. Here is what he said about another incident at the meeting at which right wing dogma supposedly prevailed. It gives a flavor of the book so far. Did anyone attend this session in 1996? 20: "David Card had been awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the American economist who is judged by a panel of his peers to have made the greatest contribution by the age of forty. Card was handsome, rich, and winsome. But he had coauthored a controversial book about experiences with the minimum-wage law that had angered the more conservative of his fellow labor economists. In a session just before the award, a group of Chicagoans on the dais jumped him with scathing critiques of his statistical methods. So on what otherwise would have been one of the happiest afternoons of his life, Card was rendered momentarily speechless." -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
