Re: WSJ discovers Hyman Minsky
On Aug 25, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
I brought him to Chico in the early 80s — even before Doug Henwood
came. Minsky was a wonderful economist — almost an oxymoron. He was not a
radical, more of a left Keynesian, at best, but his work was important.
I sat next to him at the gala opening of the Levy Institute’s new
house at Bard back in 1989 or 1990. They’d hired a train up from New
York with a fancy breakfast and everything. And drinks on the way
back! But Minsky slept through most of the program. Can’t blame him
really; Paul Sarbanes is a snore.
Doug