Well said, Leonidas Montes. Too bad you had to lean over backwards not to
offend, but that in itself illustrates the pressures that convention,
pedantry, and extreme defenses of private property can and do impose. Now,
in the face of the greatest economic crash since 1929, most of our peers and
"leaders" stay snuggled in their methodological security blankets, offering
little or no policy leadership or even advice or criticism.

You would enjoy the Eastern Economics Assn, which opens the door to other
approaches to economics. They allow quants to run sessions, too, but these
meetings were very poorly attended this year, compared to the
policy-relevant meetings. Joe Stiglitz spoke one evening to a crowd I
estimate at over 1,000.

I wish you well in your nascent revolution. You may have to be a bit less
polite and defensive to have the desired impact.

Mason Gaffney