[PEN-L:32582] RE: Stiglitz and the Baker Institute connection...

["Brown, Martin - ARP (NIH/NCI)" <mbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So is the Baker Institure pro or anti-war?

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Subject: [PEN-L:32581] Stiglitz and the Baker Institute connection...

One of my students emailed me the following --an interesting mix!!!

"In class, we recently discussed an article about US oil dependency and the upcoming war with Iraq. Frequently mentioned in the article was the Baker Institute for Public Policy. I took the liberty of researching who was on the board of the prestigious think tank. Some of the more interesting (and famous) members:

Hushang Ansary- Director of National Oilwell Incorporated. According to Yahoo, has profited almost 5 million dollars from insider trades since August.

Zoe Baird- President of philanthropic Markle Foundation. Served under president Carter, nominated for Attorney General by President Clinton but rejected by Congress.

Roland Dumas- President of the Constitutional Council of the French Republic

Hans-Dietrich Genscher- German foreign minister during the 1980's, referred to as "the architect of reunification."

Lord Hurd of Westwell- Former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary of Great Britain.

Robert Mosbacher- One of Houston's biggest oil tycoons, head of Mosbacher Energy Co., and Secretary of Commerce under George Bush, Sr.

Dr. Joseph E. Stiglitz- 2001 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in 'analyses of markets with asymetric information."

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