[PEN-L:5240] Re: William Greider article

[mmeeropo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mike Meeropol)]

Samuel Winslow wrote:
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> D sent a message May 29, 1995 that included an article by William
> Greider.  The Post began as follows:
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> > needy.  In the following article, U.S. economist
> > William Greider explains that the beneficiaries of
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> Just curious.  Are you sure Greider is an economist?  I thought he was
> a journalist by profession.  Maybe he is both an economist and a
> journalist.  (What a combination!)
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> To some this may not be a big deal, but I would hate to cite this
> article in mixed company and be wrong about Greider's discipline.  Can
> any clear this up?

I don't know about Greider's credentials, but anyone who could write a book
like _The Secrets of the Temple_ is an economist!!  In fact, calling him an
economist can demystify the thought that one needs "ordination" from some
priest-hood to "become" any kind of "ist" ---- I think some principles of
econ textbooks like to say that "economics is what economists do..."
identifying the various branches of the discipline.  One could turn that
around and say anyone who DOES economics is an economist.

Including Greider ...

> Sam Winslow
> winslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>

Mike Meeropol
Economics Department
Cultures Past and Present Program
Western New England College
Springfield, Massachusetts
"Don't blame us, we voted for George McGovern!"
Unrepentent Leftist!!
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