Larry Summers on the academic hiearchy
[Someone just posted this quote from Harvard president and uber-smart-boy economist Larry Summers to the feminist econ list. It’s from a Feb 16 article in the Boston Globe.]
“‘President Summers asked me, didn’t I agree that, in general, economists are smarter than political scientists, and political scientists are smarter than sociologists?’ [former Dean] Ellison said. ‘To which I laughed nervously and didn’t reply.’”