[PEN-L:29965] Re: Re: Re: Varian quotes Marx

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Blaming Raygun's de-reg rag and Enron's criminal behavior on the commies.
Does the Admin have a hard-working pr machine or what?



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From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:29964] Re: Re: Varian quotes Marx


> What is amazing is that most economists are certain that Marx laid out a
> blueprint for socialism.  So Varian's comment would not appear as ignorant
> at a meeting of the American Economic Association.
>
> >
> > Yes, and later this distinguished economist writes:
> >
> > >Other economic engineering projects have not fared so well, with the
> > >California electricity market being a notorious example. The "famous
> > >economist" quoted above was Karl Marx, who also had ideas about
> > >economic design that ended disastrously.
> >
> > Marx as economic designer? The things you learn reading the NYT!
> >
> > Doug
> >
>
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