>>> delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU 11/28/00 08:00PM >>>
> >>> cniles at wanadoo.fr 11/28/00 12:23PM >>>
>
>> CB: What does the word "voodoo" come from ? Isn't it an
>>ironically racist usage given that Bush attributed it to Reagan
>>when they were campaigning against each other, and both of them
>>were big time white racists, who had nothing to do with African
>>voodum ?
>
>i would say anti-black usage, charles, to be more precise, but right
>on otherwise.
No. Voudun is not an effective form of medicine. Supply-sidism is not an effective form of economic policy.
To pretend that voudun *is* an effective form of medicine is anti-human.
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CB: Actually , I didn't intend to address the efficacy of voudun, rather the racism of Bush's metaphor.
However, I don't think prayer is more effective than voodoo. So are you advocating anti-human policy on global warming when you say ? :
"Not by ignoring the problem. Not by having the Vice President show up at lots of technology photo-ops either...
Pray for cleaner technology and raise the CAFE standards!
Brad DeLong"
Do you have a brief critique of supply-side theory ?