A Story That Won't be in Your local newspaper

[Rakesh Bhandari]

Nathan,
Thank you for the download on Marc Linder's latest efforts. You know he
wrote that four volume Anti Samuelson in German (two volumes in
English--did Samuelson ever respond, he seems to wear the critique as a
badge of honor), a fascinating history of the globalization of the
construction industry and built structures generally (skimmed), a study of
migrant workers rights (not read), a study of the regulation of population
(I typed in some of his analysis of Marx's critique of Malthus)--plus the
study on the right to urinate mentioned in this article. No joke--Donna's
mother was telling us about how she had to ask for permission cards from
her boss to use the bathroom as a secretary in the 50s and early 60s. And
it just wonderful that Linder and Nygaard would actually research and
document this abuse--what creative scholarship!  I think Linder is the last
person to have checked out many of the books from the Princeton library
that I have been reading thanks to the card Donna got me. He seems to be
the most remarkable scholar; he draws on works in several languages.  I
really am in awe of the guy--very productive and just as profound. If you
know him, ask him to sign up for the line. Oh no don't do that. It will be
the end of him, and I'd rather read his massively researched and
disciplined books.
Yours, Rakesh