Carl Remick wrote:
> >From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> >: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:20:05 -0400
> >
> >I only interviewed him [Stiglitz] formally once, on the radio, but
> >the interview was severely truncated because he'd taken a cab from
> >Columbia down to Wall Street at 5 PM, and was surprised that it took
> >over an hour (the subway would have taken less than half an hour).
> >He's the classic absent-minded professor.
> >
> >Doug
>
> Hmm, Stiglitz's actions there seem more illustrative of hoity-toityness than
> absent-mindedness. If he'd merely been absent-minded, he would have taken
> the subway and wound up at Far Rockaway or somesuch. His reflexive
> preference for a cab seems similar to that of many Manhattanites who would
> never mix it up with the mob down in that grotty subway, even if the subway
> gets you where you want to go a lot faster.
>
> Carl
>
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