[PEN-L:27318] Re: Re: RE: Italian labor

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Didn't Aquinas repudiate all of Church doctrine at the end of his like?

If so, more intellectually honest than most economists.

Gene

Ian Murray wrote:

> RE: [PEN-L:27286] Italian labor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Devine, James
> To: 'pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:27300] RE: Italian labor
>
> Thanks, Roberto. Perhaps you -- or someone else -- should write a
> letter to the editors of the New York TIMES (letters@xxxxxxxxxxx)
>
> When you write "My main point is that, whatever the political
> ideas of the journalist (in this case I would say more rather
> right wingish), the article is poorly written, for ignorance or on
> purpose," you capture the essence of Krueger's problem: he's not a
> journalist but a mainstream (neoclassical) economist. He probably
> didn't talk to workers or lawyers or labor experts and most likely
> didn't even talk to employers. Neoclassical economists start with
> an _a priori_ vision of the world as one of perfect markets that
> may be a little flawed by "market imperfections" and typically
> talk only to economists (and typically only respect the opinions
> of other neoclassical economists). So even a mildly liberal
> neoclassical such as Kreuger gives us only the conventional
> wisdom. As they say in the computer biz, "garbage in/garbage out."
>
> ======================
>
> The Thomas Aquinas' of the 21st century.................
>
> Ian