Bill Tabb is gone: A new direction??

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill said he is leaving because of the
volume -- in reality, I suspect, the
high noise to signal ratio.  I cannot
tell you how many times I have invited
people like Bill onto the list, only to
have them leave in a few days because of
this problem.

The core is that we get tied up in
repetitive threads, such as Weber or
Brenner and so on.  I would like to see
this list become more useful by
eliminating this sort of material.

I found the Japanese infrastructure to
be an example of a much better sort of
dialogue.

Also, I was upset by the recent flame
war.  Lou has signed off, which was not
my desired outcome.

In any case, I have believed for some
time that we are going into a
recession.  I think that people are
going to be more receptive of left
ideas.  I would like to see pen-l
function as an incubator for good
economic thinking.

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx