[PEN-L:30548] RE: Armey honors economics

["Forstater, Mathew" <forstaterm@xxxxxxxx>]

Title: Armey honors economics

Hey, I take issue that economics is not an “occupation of the heart”! Samuelson had a book Economics from the Heart, Blinder had one Hard Heads, Soft Hearts. I think they are both even Jewish.

 

Of course, Nancy Folbre has The Invisible Heart, which sounds like it might overlap somewhat with Armey’s separation of economics and “occupations of the heart”, only unlike Armey she sees it as a bad thing, not good. (although she may be thinking more of markets than economics?)

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Devine, James [mailto:jdevine@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:26 AM
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Subject: [PEN-L:30546] Armey honors economics

 

According to SLATE, major U.S. newspapers report > remarks made recently by retiring House Majority Leader, Dick Armey (R-Tex.). Speaking at an event last Friday in Florida, Armey said, "I always see two Jewish communities in America: one of deep intellect and one of shallow, superficial intellect. Conservatives have a deeper intellect and tend to have occupations of the brain in fields like engineering, science and economics," while liberals gravitate to "occupations of the heart." After a couple of Democrats kvetched about the comments, Armey explained that he didn't mean to offend anybody, it's just that "liberals are generally not very bright."<

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