[PEN-L:6686] Re: Economics Research Network on e-mail

[Paul Zarembka <zarembka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael, The issue is whether we should accept our professional
marginalization that is implicit in the lists covered and not covered with
Feldstein/Jensen.  This is not helped by our free service.  On the other
hand, if few of us want to pursue this, then it should not be pursued.
Paul Z.

On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Michael Perelman wrote:

> No.  This is a money making venture.  There is already a free service
> that we should be supporting and to which we should be contributing.
>
> Paul Zarembka wrote:
> >
> > Martin Feldstein from Harvard, along with Michael Jensen, is starting up
> > an e-mail Economics Research Network which will abstract working papers
> > from "major" economics departments in the U.S. and abroad, etc., for
> > some 17 subdisciplines of economics.  Of the 17, there is none for
> > radical political economy.  Should URPE be fighting for presence here? If
> > so, are there enough workpapers which would qualify?
> >
> > The thought occurs to me since URPE fought for presence at the Allied
> > Social Sciences meetings and got it.
> >
> > I'm just throwing the issue open.  Paul
>
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