Re: Utsa Patnaik / GLF famine

From Marc Blecher <Marc.Blecher@oberlin.edu>
Date Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:49:23 -0500
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Yep. It's the same way the field treated Carl Riskin for many years. If you
don't like what he says but you can't refute it, just ignore it.

Marc

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On 3/2/07 10:40 AM, "Satya Gabriel" <sgabriel@mtholyoke.edu> wrote:

> I've had a great deal of admiration for Bramall's scholarship,
> recommending him to several students working on related theses and/or
> independent studies. Thus, I'm happy to see his work being
> engaged here and will work my way back through the entirety
> of this thread (despite being somewhat frantically engaged in
> making progress on a manuscript).  Nevertheless, I've been disappointed to
> find in the many books I've reviewed, as well as papers refereed, an
> absence of references to Bramall. Most social scientists (and virtually
> all economists) simply refuse to engage his arguments. It is sad testimony
> to the 'science' in social science.
> 
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