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