economics Nobel

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>He's a very decent, likeable, modest, friendly guy - not at all
>hoity-toity.

I stand corrected then and hail him as mega mensch.


>We took the subway uptown together, and he didn't cringe
>at the press of humanity

Ah, but this was *after* rush hour, no?

Carl

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