[PEN-L:5253] Re: William Greider article

[Samuel Winslow <winslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In response to my request concerning the professional discipline of
which William Greider belongs, Mike Meeropol wrote:
>
> 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.
>
I hope this does not mean that someone will not answer my original
question which was is Greider an economist (by training), a journalist
(by training) or both.:-)

Sam Winslow
winslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx