Comments on: Protesting the Protest Letter

By: Steve Plunk

Steve Plunk — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:22:50 +0000

This is indicative of the state of affairs coast to coast in our universities. Intellectual dishonesty and cowardice. I fear for my son and his education.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:06:35 +0000

I had thought most of the signatories were UC faculty outside the Econ Dep't. You know, English professors & such riffraff.

Yes, that would make more sense.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:52:44 +0000

I had thought most of the signatories were UC faculty outside the Econ Dep't.

You know, English professors & such riffraff.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:16:44 +0000

Why would one take a job teaching economics at The University of Chicago if one were not only skeptical of but deeply ashamed of the theory of economics known widely as The Chicago School?

Well, basically, because food is food and it affords opportunities like the one posted on to trash the people who made the reputation from which's capital you're deriving your living.