Re: economics articles

[Barkley Rosser <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

    Now that Andrei Shleifer has taken over the Journal of
Economic Literature, we can expect more of the same.
I know the US economics profession has absolved him
of all sin, and his old roomie Brad DeLong swears up and
down that he is a great guy, etc., but I have yet to meet a
Russian who thinks that he is anything other than a crook
who got away with it.
Barkley Rosser
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: [PEN-L] economics articles


> I'm just going over the new American Economic Review.  I was struck by how
> many articles economists are now publishing that supposedly prove the
> destructiveness of people foolishly manipulating the government.  The
> culprits are usually those special interests who want the government to
> regulate industry, tax corporations, or protect people.
>
> One article explains lobbying as a justifiable defense against the
> confiscatory taxation.
>
>  --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>