[lbo-talk] Yale

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 30 16:27:16 PDT 2005


I don't know if Yale has been consistent or not in being such a bulwark, but one possible reason is that Harvard didn't have to prove its establishmentarian credentials. It's like some or all of the "second tier" economics programs, which push mathematics much harder than MIT.

On 7/30/05, Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
> >From the time of Wm. G. Sumner, Yale has been a bulwark of the right -- perhaps
> moreso than any ivy league college [Dartmouth never had much influence]. Why Yale?
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
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-- Jim Devine "Imagine believing in the control of inflation by curbing the money supply! That is like deciding to stop your dog fouling the sidewalk by plugging up its rear end. It is highly unlikely to succeed, but if it does it kills the hound." -- Michael D. Stephens.



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