[lbo-talk] Towards a New WPA, was Re: Roubini/labor market stats

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Dec 15 05:38:15 PST 2008


Chuck Grimes wrote:
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>
> So where does the mediocre violinist come in? As an currently
> unemployed wanna be artist, I can imagine working as an employment
> counselor in the WPA arts section. I'd have him auditioned to see if
> he was promising enough to join an amatuer orchestra for Sunday
> concerts in the local park. Maybe join a local poka band where he
> couldn't do much harm. If not, then how about his knowledge of music?
> Maybe he might be good as a field collector in white, black, and
> ethnic folk music.
>
> You folks gotta show some imagination here.

Very good. Considering that no one on this list is apt to have a memorial built to his/her greatness in the 22d century the posters on the list show an unbcoming contempt for their fellow-mediocrities.

Carrol



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