In any case, it is clear that Doug probably owes Summers one after that "abrasive prick" remark in Slate, :-). Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Summers & the Planet: A Reminder
>>To be fair to Summers, and god knows why I feel impelled to do that, he
>>didn't actually write the memo he signed (a practice common among famous
>>people, I hear). It was written by Lant Pritchett, an economist at the
>>World Bank.
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>Still, it is usually good practice to *read* the memos that you sign...
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