Jessica23 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have to wonder what this professor teaches at PACE university in NY. If I were a parent paying for my kid's education at that place I'd hate the thought he or she was wasting time attending any of his lectures I have heard that colleges in NY are required to have a token reactionary on the teaching staff in order to comply with "balance and fairness" I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that you'd hate the idea of any child of yours listening to an academic discuss something that doesn't fit in with your worldview. Unfortunately for you, that's a very, very high percentage of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 And what is a degree in politics and philosophy going to do for your offspring in the hard reality of today's world? It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 And what is a degree in politics and philosophy going to do for your offspring in the hard reality of today's world? Cameron didn't do too bad with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Cameron didn't do too bad with one. Rupert Murdoch did quite well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Rupert Murdoch did quite well too. unlike Cameron he was part of the Labour party group at the Oxford Union though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 True. The list of PPE grads reads like a who's who of modern business, politics and journalism. And that's just the Oxford PPE grads: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_people_with_PPE_degrees_from_Oxford I'd be delighted (if a little surprised) if any of my offspring did PPE at Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieW Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 No he isn't. Keith Laybourn is more respected internationally and by my chainsaw trousers he is tedious. But he does actual work. This marxist shill has published two books in his entire career. Neither of which were of any academic value whatsoever. Why do you think the yanks coming here? It's to boost his book sales because nobody is buying it. Erm, yes he is.. look you're evidently not up to date on this area of economics or you'd have come across the many articles and initiatives Kliman has lead already. He's a known name all over the world which is exactly why I was able to set up a panel debate for him with Professors from the Uni of Sheffield, who were already more than familiar with his work. If you want a bit more of an inkling than you're getting from the wikipedia page you've got up in that second tab, try looking at his website - http://akliman.squarespace.com/writings/ - one relatively small selection of work which doesn't include journal entries and other essay contributions. It's really actually bizarre I'm having to defend things on such a basic and frankly childish level here, but your train of argument is really quite linear. For starters, Keith Laybourn is an economic Historian, not an economist, and the comparison is both incorrect and wrong anyway. I would be interested to hear what you thought about Kliman's theories on accumulation and the declining rate of profit generally if you want to have a proper discussion about this, or something tangible about non-mainstream economics which we can actually discuss, rather than uneducated personal slander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 armchair economics. Sheffield forum doesn't disapoint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 True. I'd be delighted (if a little surprised) if any of my offspring did PPE at Oxford. the number of science graduates that got to be PM are miniscule by contrast. In fact I can only think of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 the number of science graduates that got to be PM are miniscule by contrast. In fact I can only think of one. She was pretty influential though. Wasn't her thesis about how to get more air into ice cream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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