[PEN-L:33716] Re: RE: Istanbul impressions and the best economist contest in Turkey...

["e. ahmet tonak" <eatonak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sabri Oncu wrote:

> Ahmet Tonak wrote:
>
>
>
> > Specifically, tough Louis --who is now every Turk's Eniste!!--
>
> Ahmet,
>
> I cannot believe that you ruined my nice gesture to Louis in such
> a manner.

I thought I was joining you in calling Louis Eniste.  My apologies for
the unintentional damage I caused.

> As a punishment to you, from now on I will call you
> "Agabey", that is, "the older brother", so that everybody would
> now you are about a decade older than I am.

I accept your punishment, though, as you know well,  no younger brother
could dare to punish his older brother in our traditions.

> By the way, there is another web site that may be interest to at
> least some Turkish members of this list:
>
> http://www.ekonomistler.com
>
> In there, there is this so-called survey to determine the Turkish
> economist of the year.
>
> I voted for Dani Rodrik (whom most of you would know), Erinc
> Yeldan (who is a member of the Independent Social Scientist group
> Ahmet mentioned) and Izzettin Onder (one of my beloved teachers,
> and possibly a member of the group Ahmet mentioned, although I
> have never taken any courses from him, and a friend. If you are
> an American and vote for my beloved teacher, it is like voting
> for Michael Perelman).
>
> Just go to the above link if you choose to vote.
>
>
> It is under the title "Anket" on the right-most column of the
> site. It is the second "anket" in the column, with the longer
> list, under the subtitle "Yilin Ekonomisti - 2002 Anketi".

I went there but I couldn't locate "anket" where you referred to.
Hence, I do not know the entire list.  But out of those three names you
suggested, my choice is Erinc.

--
Frequently the only possible answer is a critique of the
question and the only solution is to negate the question.

Karl Marx, 1857, Grundrisse, "The Chapter on Money,"  p.127.



E. Ahmet Tonak
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