Economists for Bradley

DANIEL.DAVIES at flemings.com DANIEL.DAVIES at flemings.com
Wed Jan 19 11:15:55 PST 2000



>>Oh, that's not the half of it. Did you see Anwar Shaikh's name on
>>that list? I thought it had to be a joke -- in a way it is, I guess.


>Yeah, I hit send before I noticed his name. I'm shocked - I really
>admire Shaikh's brainpower. What are people thinking?

People are thinking -- my mates have signed this damn petition, and it's easier to sign it myself than to get into an argument that will last forever and cost me a few Christmas cards.

yours cynically, &c ....

By the way, Unicef aren't the only ones to have calculated the effect of interest rates on mortality. A Canadian economist (forget name) reasoned that since interest rates effect unemployment rates, which effect suicide rates, there should be a measurable statistical relationship between the Bank of Canada discount rate and the suicide rate in Canadian males. And there was. One of the more thought-provoking extensions of the good old OLS model.

If I can find it, I'll dig up my list of past things which have gathered long lists of economists in their support. It makes pretty grisly reading.

cheers

dd

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