Monday, January 05, 2009

Sir Alan's Education

Sir Alan Walters died. He is described as Margaret Thatcher's "economic guru" (link). The Independent recalls that he "obtained his economics degree by correspondence course."

For extra credit, this means (a) that he was free to do new thinking, unshackled by the constraints of old bankrupt ideas; or (b) he had a half-baked smoke-and-mirror education which gave him just enough knowledge to make him a nuisance.

No points off for wrong answers. Begin now.

[H/T Joel]

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